Recently added articles from C.D. Howe Institute Commentary:
Insuring Canada's exports: the case for reform at export development Canada.(Public Services)
Dec 01, 2007; ... The Study in Brief With Parliamentary review of the Export Development Act due in 2008, the federal government should seize the opportunity to streamline the operations and priorities of Export Development Canada (EDC). Straightforward economic reasoning and ongoing developments ...
Financial stability: what it is and why it matters.(Financial Services)(Report)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Financial stability in general has been a concern of public sector entities for many years. (1) But what is meant by macro-financial stability? Why is it important? Why is the term being used much more frequently? Can we measure it or model it for predictive purposes? What is the role of ...
Reducing poverty: what has worked, and what should come next.(Report)
Oct 01, 2007; ... In the 1990s, children living in poverty preoccupied social policy analysts. The high profile response was the National Child Benefit System, a negative income tax * paid by Ottawa targeting low-income families with children. (1) In this decade, adult poverty has assumed a comparably high ...
Falling poverty rates, rising employment among poor, reflect social policy success: C. D. Howe Institute.
Oct 01, 2007; ... Toronto, October 18 -- Anti-poverty initiatives over the last decade in Canada have been successful, mainly by increasing employment among the poor, according to a new study released by the C.D. Howe Institute. In Reducing Poverty: What has Worked, and What Should Come Next, author John ...
2007 Tax Competitiveness Report: a call for comprehensive tax reform.(Report)
Sep 01, 2007; ... In this 2007 Tax Competitiveness Report, we highlight steady but slow progress made by Canada in improving its tax system, by shifting taxes away from productivity-enhancing investment and savings. However, as discussed in a previous report on federal and provincial 2007 budgets (Chen, ...