Statistics Canada will publish the first estimates from the Canadian Housing Statistics Program on residential property in the Toronto and Vancouver Census Metropolitan Areas. The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation CMHC will also release the most recent estimates from the Condominium Apartment Survey for selected major centres since 2014, including the CMAs of Toronto and … Read more
The Parliamentary Budget Officer will post a new report entitled Bill C-342 – Cost of carbon pricing deduction from GST. The analysis in this report may be useful in determining the impact of a Canada-wide carbon pricing policy on revenue from the goods and services tax. Call 613-992-8026.
Above Ground and Justiça Global will release a report investigating human rights abuses associated with a mining project in Brazil carried out by the subsidiary of a Toronto-based company, with financing from the Canadian government. The report comes amidst expectations that the Canadian government will soon announce the creation of an ombudsperson office to investigate allegations of wrongdoing by Canadian … Read more
Parliamentary Budget Officer Jean-Denis Fréchette will post a new report entitled Budget Sufficiency for First Nations Water and Wastewater Infrastructure. This report responds to a request from NDP MP Charlie Angus (Timmins-James Bay, Ont.) to estimate the costs of upgrading water and wastewater infrastructure on First Nations reserves, in order to eliminate long-term boil water advisories, and to compare … Read more
The Fraser Institute will release its annual survey of health-care wait times in Canada. Waiting Your Turn: Wait Times for Health Care in Canada, 2017 measures how long Canadians waited for specialist appointments, surgeries and other medically necessary treatments this year. This report will be released online.
The Parliamentary Budget Officer will post a new report entitled Bill S-3: Addressing sex based inequities in Indian registration. Several Parliamentarians requested that the PBO estimate the financial cost of the proposed changes to the Indian Act set out in Bill S-3 An Act to amend the Indian Act (elimination of sex based inequities in registration). The … Read more
Canadian Transportation Agency will issue its determination from the inquiry into the Air Transat tarmac delays. The determination will focus on the events surrounding the tarmac delays for Air Transat flights No. 157 from Brussels and No. 507 from Rome, at the Ottawa MacDonald-Cartier International Airport on July 31, 2017. These delays were the subject of an … Read more
The Fraser Institute will release a new study on taxes in Canada. Measuring the Distribution of Taxes in Canada: Do the Rich Pay Their “Fair Share”? compares the proportion of taxes paid by different income groups in Canada and how the share of taxes paid has changed over the years. The study is part of a book on … Read more
The Fraser Institute will release a new study examining the oil and gas sector. The 2017 Global Petroleum Survey spotlights to what extent government policy deters oil and gas investment in jurisdictions all over the world, including U.S. states and Canadian provinces. Call 604-688-0221 x 589.
Parliamentary Budget Officer Jean-Denis Fréchette will release a new report: Analysis of Changes to the Taxation of Corporate Passive Investment Income. This report analyzes potential changes to the taxation of corporate passive investment income, which is one of the policy proposals put forth as part of the consultations. Frechette will hold a press conference to answer questions. This … Read more
