The Fraser Institute will release a new study on the cost of health care in Canada. The Price of Public Health Care Insurance, 2019 uses data from Statistics Canada and the Canadian Institute for Health Information to reveal the health-care costs—paid in taxes—for the typical Canadian family, other family types and individuals. The study also measures the … Read more
The Bank of Canada will provide an update on the Canadian Alternative Reference Rate Working Group’s work to strengthen the Canadian Overnight Repo Rate Average, an important benchmark for Canadian dollar financial markets. Details online. Call 613-782-8782.
The Fraser Institute will release a new study on income taxes and government revenue in Canada. Revenue Effects of Tax Rate Increases on High-income Earners spotlights the Trudeau government’s increase to the top personal income tax rate (from 29 per cent to 33 per cent), the likely responses from taxpayers, and the likely government revenue effects. Call 604-688-0221 … Read more
The Parliamentary Budget Officer will publish a new report, “The Cost of Canada’s Surface Combatants: 2019 Update,” which will update the 2017 PBO cost estimate of the Government of Canada’s procurement of 15 new naval warships. The report will be posted online.
The Parliamentary Budget Officer will release a new report entitled “Election Proposal Costing Baseline” and a report on “Preliminary Findings on International Taxation” in response to Liberal Senator Percy E. Downe’s request to the Parliamentary Budget Officer in 2012. The reports will be available online. Call 613-992-4511.
The Parliamentary Budget Officer will post a new report entitled “Cost Estimate of Full expensing for Depreciable Property.” Call 613-992-8044.
The Commissioner of Lobbying Nancy Bélanger will table her 2018-19 Annual Report. The report will be made available on the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying’s website immediately after it is tabled in Parliament. The Commissioner will be available for interviews with the media tomorrow, between 11am to 2pm. Call 613-952-4306.
The Parliamentary Budget Officer will post a new report entitled Federal Program Spending on Housing Affordability. This report is intended to help parliamentarians understand federal program spending on housing affordability. Call 613-992-8044.
The Fraser Institute will release a new study on the economic benefits of pipelines for Indigenous communities in Canada. How First Nations Benefit from Pipeline Construction compares the incomes and living standards of First Nations that support pipelines and those that oppose pipelines, and highlights benefits Indigenous communities can receive from pipeline projects. Call 604-688-0221 x 517.
The Parliamentary Budget Officer will release a new report, “Analysis of Active versus Passive Management of Canadian Public Pension Plans,” providing an analysis on the performance of actively managed federal public pension funds, specifically the funds managed by the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and the Public Sector Pension Investment Board, and to compare the returns to that … Read more
