291 results found for "basic income"
Op-Ed
Published in the Globe and Mail on March 23, 2015
By: Benjamin Dachis and Lawson Hunter
Benjamin Dachis is a senior policy analyst and Lawson Hunter is a senior fellow at the C.D. Howe Institute and co-author of “Scrambled Signals: Canadian Content Policies in a World of Technological Abundance”. From 2003 to 2008, Mr. Hunter served as executive vice-president and chief…
Intelligence Memos
This week, we present the three top finishers in the C.D. Howe Institute Intelligence Memo competition, which was open to graduate students across the country. Today, our first co-winner.
To: Canadian innovation policy leaders
From: Joe McKinnon
Date: October 23, 2023
Re: It’s Time to Reprioritize Fundamental Research
Significant investments in fundamental research are needed…
Intelligence Memos
To: Department of Finance Canada
From: John Oakey
Date: May 21, 2024
Subject: Canada’s Increasingly Excessive Tax Compliance Demands
Throughout my career, the Income Tax Act has grown increasingly complex – complicating even the simplest transactions.
This underscores the need for a thorough review of the Act, a sentiment shared by CPA Canada in our 2024 pre-budget…
Op-Ed
The latest C.D. Howe Institute annual report card on municipal financial reporting in Canada featured a dismal coincidence.
Regina and Saskatoon had the worst grades among the 31 cities whose budgets and annual reports we look at — the only Fs in the group.
Is there something about Saskatchewan — something in the water or the air — that condemns Regina and Saskatoon to fail this test of…
Intelligence Memos
To: Diane Lebouthillier, Minister of National Revenue
From: Alexandre Laurin and Nicholas Dahir
Date: February 10, 2022
Re: Not so Fast, Please, on Automatic Tax Filing
In Canada, most government cash benefit payments require recipients to file a tax return.
Individuals who fail to participate in the tax system – often society’s most vulnerable – too often forgo important…
Intelligence Memos
From: Glen Hodgson and William B.P. Robson
To: Canadians concerned about COVID-19’s economic impact
Date: April 21, 2020
Re: Some principles for an economic restart
We have learned a great deal over the past month about the interaction between the coronavirus pandemic and the economy. This is a recession unlike any other, driven by a forced supply-side shutdown of many business sectors…
