The C.D. Howe Institute hosts a webinar on “Drug Pricing and the Appropriate Federal Role in Pharmacare” featuring Åke Blomqvist, Health Policy Scholar, C.D. Howe Institute and Adjunct Research Professor, Carleton University. Details online.
The Bank of Canada will release the spring issues of the Business Outlook Survey and the Senior Loan Officer Survey on its website. Call 613-782-8782.
Parliamentary Budget Officer Jean-Denis Fréchette will post a new report on the website entitled Status Report on Phase 1 of the New Infrastructure Plan. This report provides status report on Phase 1 of the Government’s New Infrastructure Plan, which was announced in Budget 2016 and intended to stimulate economic growth over the short-term. Call 613-992-8026.
Parliamentary Budget Officer Jean-Denis Fréchette will post a new report entitled “Update on Costs of Incarceration” on the website. In June 2010, the PBO published a report assessing the financial cost of the Truth in Sentencing Act. In 2017, a member of the Senate requested that the PBO update certain details included in that report regarding the financial costs of … Read more
In order to encourage the next generation to pursue careers in engineering and technology, Kumudu Jinadasa, project engineer and mission manager at the Canadian Space Agency, will talk to young Canadians about her career. She will give a virtual presentation to over 260 elementary school students and will answer their questions. Detalins online.
The Parliamentary Budget Officer will post two new reports online: Federal Financial Support to Provinces and Territories: A long-term Scenario Analysis; and Federal Personnel Spending: Past and future trends. Call 613-992-8026.
Parliamentary Budget Officer Jean-Denis Fréchette will post a new report entitled “Budget 2018: Issues for Parliamentarians” on the website. Call 613-992-8026.
The Parliamentary Budget Officer will release a new report entitled Cost Estimate for Bill C-364: An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and to make a consequential amendment to another Act (political financing). Bill C-364 is a private member’s bill that seeks to amend the Canada Elections Act by reducing annual individual political contribution limits while … Read more
The Parliamentary Budget Officer will post two new reports entitled Economic and Fiscal Monitor – January 2018 and PBO and Finance Canada Long-term Projection Comparison Tuesday morning. The first report provides an in-year estimate of Canadian gross domestic product in 2017 and the Government of Canada’s budgetary balance in 2017 to 2018. And the second report provides … Read more
The Bank of Canada will release the winter issues of the Business Outlook Survey and the Senior Loan Officer Survey on its website. Call 613-782-8782.
