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From: Fred Horne To: Canadians Concerned about Long-Term Care Date: January 11, 2021 Re: Are We Serious about Senior Care in Canada? Long-term care accounts for four out of every five deaths from COVID-19 in Canada – more than 10,000 to date. Thanks to that tragic statistic, we can only hope that politicians, health system leaders and Canadians now fully understand the sad state of…

From: Jim Feehan To: Electricity Policy Analysts, ratepayers and politicians Date:  February 25, 2020 Subject: The Muskrat Falls Electricity Project: A Hard Lesson Arm’s length independent assessments of megaprojects are crucial for government decision-making. Governments that give them little weight risk imposing enormous burdens on the public, especially when projects are publicly funded.…

Join us for a briefing on why a comprehensive, one-size-fits-all Guaranteed Annual Income should not be seen as the ideal goal by policymakers. Long-standing social objectives, including antipoverty goals, can be met by a more multidimensional understanding of poverty and by developing a new generation of social programs. Inside Access is an exclusive, members-only opportunity: 30 minute…

June 9, 2011 – Expanding the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) is a risky route to addressing Canadian concerns about low incomes in retirement, according to a report released today by the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Don’t Double Down on the CPP: Expansion Advocates Understate the  Plan’s Risks,” author William B.P. Robson says advocates of an expanded CPP as a solution to retirement income worries too…

Ottawa should move to reform seniors’ benefits in the upcoming budget by letting recipients choose richer payments, later, from the Old Age Security and Guaranteed Income Supplement programs if they wish, according to a report from the C.D. Howe Institute.  In “What to do About Seniors’ Benefits in Canada: The Case for Letting Recipients Take Richer Payments Later,” William B.P. Robson says…

From: Barry Gros To: Canada’s Pension Regulators Date: September 12, 2022 Re: Standards Hinder the Proper Management of Target Benefit Pension Plans The majority of single-employer defined-benefit (DB) pension plans in the private sector have been either closed to future accruals, completely converted to defined-contribution plans or wound up. Their influence lingers, however…