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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....

The elephant in the room

The elephant in the room

Someshwar Rao and Stephen Tapp | May 4, 2015

It's not every day that the Prime Minister of India stops by. The last official visit to Canada was over 40 years ago.

Does the 2016 census point the way to better social policy?

Does the 2016 census point the way to better social policy?

April 9, 2015

Yesterday, Statistics Canada announced that Canadians will no longer be asked to fill in information about their income on the 2016 census. In its place the agency will simply obtain this information from tax records linked to each individual....

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