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Intelligence Memos
To: Brian Jean, Alberta Minister of Energy and Minerals
From: Charles DeLand
Date: August 14, 2023
Re: A Nuclear Blueprint for Alberta
Fans of Canadian nuclear energy have much to root for these days. Two recent Ontario announcements, one about small modular reactors and one for a new large-scale project, indicate meaningful commitment to nuclear energy to meet rising demand. Along…
Op-Ed
Published in the Financial Post on June 7, 2013
By Finn Poschmann
The Bank of Nova Scotia, a few days ago, received permission from the Securities and Exchange Commission to market to U.S. retail investors what are known as covered bonds. In pursuing SEC approval for market access, Scotia was following a trail blazed by the Royal Bank of Canada; market rumour has it that the Bank of Montreal…
Op-Ed
Published in the Globe and Mail on March 30, 2012
By William Robson and Alexandre Laurin
Since Jim Flaherty became federal Finance Minister in 2006, circumstances have forced a series of budget improvisations. The 2008 financial crisis and the slump in 2009 put the minority Conservative government in lend-and-spend mode, and the fiscal aftermath and the continuing need to appease multiple…
Op-Ed
Published in the Financial Post on March 28, 2012
By Colin Busby and Alexandre Laurin
Ontario’s controversial deficit-cutting budget, tabled Tuesday, will be passed around like a political hot potato by opposition parties at Queen’s Park. Should it get enough votes to pass parliament, it would sprinkle cost-cutting measures across provincial programs, freeze planned reductions in corporate income…
Op-Ed
Published in the Financial Post on April 22, 2014
By Finn Poschmann
Minor reforms from the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions don’t eliminate the need for major changes
The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions last week released its long awaited draft guidelines, known as B-21, on prudent behaviour for federally regulated mortgage insurers.…
Op-Ed
Published in the Toronto Star on March 28, 2014
By Keith Ambachtsheer
There’s broad agreement that Canada has a pension coverage problem. For example, only a fifth of Canadian private sector workers are members of an employment-based pension plan today. As a result, many of them are likely to face sharp reductions in their standard of living when they retire in the decades ahead.
With the lack…
