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The Canada-EU trade deal: A job creator – and a job killer

The Canada-EU trade deal: A job creator – and a job killer

30 octobre 2013

Yesterday the Harper government presented additional details in Parliament on the long-awaited trade deal between Canada and the European Union. Not surprisingly, there’s been debate about the likely economic impacts of the deal. Proponents cite a government study that...

CPP needs more than a « modest » fix to help middle-income retirees

CPP needs more than a « modest » fix to help middle-income retirees

15 juillet 2013

Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty and his provincial counterparts, last December, agreed to consider options for a “modest” expansion of the Canada and Quebec Pension Plans in June, 2013. June has come and gone without this meeting. If and...

The inconvenient truth about industrial policy

The inconvenient truth about industrial policy

Dan Ciuriak and John M. Curtis | 18 juin 2013

For the past few decades, governments in advanced economies have been discouraged from using “industrial policy” – that is, targeted interventions in particular sectors that are by definition not neutral in their impact across the economy. The long-standing conviction is that...

Steven Lewis and Terrence Sullivan: How doctors are bankrupting health care

Steven Lewis and Terrence Sullivan: How doctors are bankrupting health care

Steven Lewis and Terrence Sullivan | 31 mai 2013

The Canada Health Act specifies that physicians are entitled to “reasonable compensation,” and the current agreements are the accumulation of four decades of incremental negotiations, compromises and accommodations. All are based on the assumption that a doctor’s “activity” and...

Foreign investment rules: Still lost in the fog?

Foreign investment rules: Still lost in the fog?

Dany H. Assaf and Rory A. McGillis | 9 mai 2013

The issue of foreign investment has long been a sensitive topic in Canada. For years, we have debated concerns about the “hollowing out” of Canada and, more recently, the investments from state-owned enterprises in the oil patch from less familiar...

If foreign investors follow the rules, doors should open

If foreign investors follow the rules, doors should open

19 avril 2013

The issue of foreign investment has long been a sensitive topic in Canada. For years, we have debated concerns about the “hollowing out” of Canada and, more recently, the investments from state-owned enterprises in the oil patch from less...

What to do about election robocalls

What to do about election robocalls

Graham Fox | 21 mars 2013

During the 2011 federal elections, automated calls of unknown origin were placed to certain voters in certain constituencies with an apparent aim to mislead, annoy or otherwise interfere with their vote. Since they were uncovered by the Ottawa Citizen a little...

How to pay for long-term care for seniors

How to pay for long-term care for seniors

5 décembre 2012

As Canada’s population ages, a growing number of frail seniors will require long-term care services to help them perform daily activities such as eating, dressing or bathing. Ensuring that adequate care is accessible to every Canadian who needs it...

Public insurance best option for looming care crisis

Public insurance best option for looming care crisis

5 juillet 2012

RBC Royal Bank recently announced it would stop selling a swath of life insurance products, including longterm care insurance, as it struggles to cope with rock-bottom interest rates and volatile equity markets. This is just one reminder that as...

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