CMHC will release its 2017 Q1 Financial Report. The Quarterly Financial Report includes unaudited quarterly consolidated financial statements and explanatory notes for the fiscal quarter and year-to-date and comparative information for the preceding fiscal year while also reporting on the use of appropriations. CMHC’s fiscal year is the calendar year. Call 613-748-2573.
The Parliamentary Budget Officer will post a new report entitled Following the Dollar – Tracking Budget 2016 Spending and tax Measures. This note tracks the implementation of Budget 2016 spending and tax measures in the fiscal year 2016-17. The PBO will also release a new report entitled Household Formation and the Housing Stock – May 2017 Update. This … Read more
Jean-Denis Fréchette, tthe Parliamentary Budget Officer, will publish a new report entitled “Supplementary Estimates (A) 2017-18”. This note presents a detailed analysis of the Government’s first supplementary estimates for the 2017-18 fiscal year. This report will be posted online. Call 613-992-8026.
The Financial Consumer Agency of Canada in collaboration with the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada, will release the Canadian results of a global survey that assessed youth financial literacy. The announcement will coincide with the OECD’s release of the full global PISA report in Paris, France. The report will be released online. Call 613-941-4168.
Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna (Ottawa-Centre, Ont.) will speak with high school students from across the country to discuss climate change solutions. This event will take place online. Call 613-462-5473.
The Parliamentary Budget Officer, Jean-Denis Fréchette, will post a new report, “Sensitivity of PBO’s Fiscal Outlook to Economic Shocks”. The PBO has prepared sensitivity estimates of our fiscal outlook to three types of economic shocks. An interactive web application has also been launched, which allows the public to assess how changing certain macroeconomic assumptions for growth and interest rates will … Read more
Statistics Canada will release the results from the 2016 Census of Agriculture. This comprehensive collection of data touches on everything from the numbers of farms, their average size and the commodities they produce, to the people who run them, including their age, gender and how much they work both on and off the farm.
The Mackenzie Institute will release a new report, written by Stewart Webb, entitled: Returning to Port: A Needed Course Correction to Keep the NSS off the Rocks. The report outlines that the National Shipbuilding Strategy needs a course correction in order to ensure that the Royal Canadian Navy and the Canadian Coast Guard are properly and … Read more
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.), Heritage and Official Languages Minister Mélanie Joly (Ahuntsic-Cartierville, Que.) and the Youth Council will take part in a Facebook Live event on what young Canadians can do to support reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples. The public is encouraged to join the discussion. Call 613-957-5555.
The Fraser Institute will release a new study examining carbon taxes and cap-and-trade systems in Canada. Poor Implementation Undermines Carbon Tax Efficiency in Canada spotlights the conditions that must be met for carbon-pricing schemes (such as carbon taxes and cap-and-trade systems) to work as envisioned by economists, and why they fail when implemented in Canada. Call 604-688-0221 … Read more
