The Parliamentary Budget Officer will post a new report titled “2014-2015 Federal Transfers to Provinces and Territories” and launch a new online personal income tax tool on the website. Call 613-992-8026.
The Fraser Institute will release a new study examining incremental innovations by pharmaceutical companies.The study, The Benefits of Incremental Innovation, spotlights the value of incremental innovations (relatively modest improvements to existing pharmaceutical drugs) to patients, treatment and research. The study will be available online.
The Fraser Institute will release a new study comparing the Canadian health care system with the Dutch health care system. The study, Universal Health Care Abroad: Netherlands, part of a series of Fraser Institute studies examining health care policies in other countries, spotlights the private sector’s role in Dutch health care. The study will be … Read more
Audio and video webcasts of a press conference by Bank of Canada governor Stephen S. Poloz and senior deputy governor Carolyn Wilkins will be accessible from the website.
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation will release its 2014 Spring Rental Market Report (RMR). This semi-annual report provides detailed tables and data on vacancy, availability and rent data for privately initiated structures at the provincial level; as well as, for major centres. The national and regional reports will be made available at www.cmhc.ca/housingmarket.
The Bank of Canada’s June issue of the Financial System Review will be released online. At 11:15 a.m. Stephen S. Poloz, governor of the Bank of Canada, will hold a press conference at the National Press Theatre, 150 Wellington Street. He will be accompanied by senior deputy governor Carolyn Wilkins. Call 613-782-8782.
The Fraser Institute will release a new study examining municipal spending in Metro Vancouver. The study, The State of Municipal Finances in Metro Vancouver, spotlights the overall financial state of Metro Vancouver’s 21 municipalities, home to 2.4 million people, and breaks down revenue trends and different categories of government spending. The study will be available … Read more
Confusion over labour market conditions reflects longstanding inadequacies in labour market data. Since 2009, improvements have been made to the labour market information system, but they do not go far enough. In Wanted: Good Canadian Labour Market Information, Don Drummond, who chaired the 2009 federal-provincial-territorial Advisory Panel on Labour Market Information, argues that in order … Read more
The Fraser Institute will release a new study spotlighting British Columbia’s growing government debt, which remains hidden in the province’s capital budget. The study, Capital Budgeting and Fiscal Sustainability in British Columbia, examines B.C.’s capital and operating budgets, and the potentially dire fiscal challenges of the future. The study will be available online. Call 403-220-2478.
The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation will release its 2014 First Quarter 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. The full release … Read more
