291 results found for "basic income"
Intelligence Memos
From: Daniel Schwanen
To: The Honourable Chrystia Freeland
Date: July 6, 2018
Re: A New Coalition for Trade in the Era of Trump
On June 6, 2017, in a much remarked speech in the House of Commons, you rightly extolled the virtues of a global order based on rules, including rules promoting, as you put it, “free and friendly trade.”
As you noted, it is clear that the order…
Intelligence Memos
From: Michael Trebilcock
To: Glenn Thibeault, Ontario Minister of Energy
Date: August 21, 2017
Re: Ontario`s self-defeating green energy program
In 2009 the Ontario government committed ratepayers to massive subsidization of various forms of renewable energy, especially wind power and solar energy, along with the phasing out of coal-fired generation in the province – a goal achieved in 2014.
In…
Op-Ed
By Christopher Ragan
There has been much confusion amid the discussion about budget deficits in the federal election campaign. These numbers mean almost nothing unless they are expressed relative to our national income. Once these numbers are better understood, it becomes clear that small budget deficits for the next few years, used to finance productive investments, would be good for the…
Op-Ed
Published in the Globe & Mail on January 7, 2014
By Christopher Ragan
I usually don’t make New Year’s resolutions, but when writing a regular column, it is helpful to make a plan, and what’s a plan if not a resolution?
The topic for a column should satisfy two conditions. First, the topic should be worth discussing, and hopefully one on which the author can add some clarity to the…
Op-Ed
Published in the Edmonton Journal on March 14, 2012
By David Percy
As the pace of development increases on the Mackenzie River Basin in northern Alberta and British Columbia, so does the urgency of negotiations about sharing the water of the northward flowing rivers. Past experience on eastward flowing rivers shows that a co-operative approach led the prairie provinces to a basic agreement on…
Intelligence Memos
From: Åke Blomqvist
To: Canadians concerned about healthcare
Date: July 10, 2023
Subject: Nightmarish Commercial Simply Wrong: Healthcare Outsourcing is not Privatization
Following passage of the Ontario government’s Bill 60, the Ministry of Health has the option to contract out to independent clinics the provision of certain kinds of healthcare …
