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November 3, 2023

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Who should tax Canada’s 1%? We say leave it to Ottawa

Who should tax Canada’s 1%? We say leave it to Ottawa

Kevin Milligan and Michael Smart | November 25, 2015

Over the past five years, provincial governments from coast to coast have introduced higher-rate income tax brackets for top earners. Now, with the election of the Liberals in Ottawa, the federal government will follow the path set forth by...

Why Canada needs a new approach to China

Why Canada needs a new approach to China

Wendy Dobson and Paul Evans | November 17, 2015

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and China’s President Xi Jinping met for the first time at the G20 Summit on the weekend. Before the end of the month, they will meet again at the APEC summit and at the UN...

The next boomer shift? Our policy assumptions

The next boomer shift? Our policy assumptions

Peter Hicks | November 13, 2015

This is part of the Globe and Mail’s week-long series on baby boomers and how their spending, investing, health and lifestyle decisions could affect Canada’s economy in the next fifteen years. Is Canada ready for the boom? For more, visit...

It’s high time for Quebec to come up with a plan for long-term care for the elderly

It’s high time for Quebec to come up with a plan for long-term care for the elderly

October 18, 2015

Two or three decades ago Canada’s chief actuaries, armed with statistics, urged political leaders to significantly raise employees’ retirement plan contributions. The actuaries were sent packing, because at the time that notion of getting baby boomers to contribute adequately...

The risk we all face but aren’t talking about

The risk we all face but aren’t talking about

Tyler Meredith and Colin Chia | September 3, 2015

Child benefits, income splitting, pensions, flexible work arrangements and compassionate care leave—this federal election is putting social policy in the window. But if we are going to have a much-needed conversation about how Canadians are dealing with the various...

Corriger les défauts structurels, ça presse !

Corriger les défauts structurels, ça presse !

Michel BĂ©dard et Pierre Fortin | August 23, 2015

La dernière rĂ©vision du programme fĂ©dĂ©ral d’assurance-emploi remonte Ă  1996. Ă€ l’Ă©poque, le gouvernement visait surtout Ă  rĂ©duire le coĂ»t du rĂ©gime. Vu sous cet angle, l’opĂ©ration a rĂ©ussi. De nos jours, moins de 40 % des chĂ´meurs reçoivent des...

Increasing education won’t stop rising inequality (and may make it worse)

Increasing education won’t stop rising inequality (and may make it worse)

Kelly Foley and David A. Green | July 30, 2015

Income inequality is almost certain to be a central issue in the upcoming federal election. While parties may disagree on the importance of rising inequality and what they should do in response, one policy has near universal support. Indeed,...

The real costs of informal caregiving in Canada

The real costs of informal caregiving in Canada

June 11, 2015

The phenomenon is not exactly marginal: according to a recently released government report, one in every three workers in Canada is assisting a chronically disabled person – many of them seniors – with transportation, household maintenance or day-to-day tasks....

Is new focus on middle class over poverty good for Canadians?

Is new focus on middle class over poverty good for Canadians?

Keith Banting and John Myles | May 21, 2015

In 1989, the Canadian Parliament passed a resolution to abolish child poverty by 2000. To no one’s surprise, that didn’t happen. Indeed, in recent years, the anti-poverty rhetoric that dominated Canadian policy debates over income distribution has almost disappeared....

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