The Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) will post a report entitled “Economic and Fiscal Outlook 2014” on the website at www.pbo-dpb.gc.ca. This report fulfils the Sept. 29, 2011 Standing Committee on Finance motion that “[c]onsistent with the Parliamentary Budget Office[r] (PBO) mandate […] the PBO provide an economic and fiscal outlook to the Committee the fourth week of October and April of … Read more
The Fraser Institute will release a new study examining the reality of obesity in Canada. The study, Obesity in Canada: Overstated Problems, Misguided Policy Solutions, spotlights the cost, equity and effectiveness of government intervention aimed at overweight Canadians. The study will be available online. Call 403-613-2423.
Export Development Canada is holding its Annual Public Meeting Webinar to hear presentations on its performance, financial position, corporate social responsibility activities and future plans. May 1, 2-3 p.m. Register in advance to edc.ca/apm.
The Fraser Institute will release a new study examining calls for an expanded Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and the establishment of a provincial pension system in Ontario. The study, The Reality of Retirement Income in Canada, also spotlights the often-overlooked resources available to Canadians in retirement. The study will be available online. Call 613-809-1544.
The Bank of Canada will announce its decision on the target for the overnight rate. The bank will also publish its quarterly Monetary Policy Report (MPR) at the same time as the rate decision. More information is available online.
The Fraser Institute will release a new study examining how Ontario’s poor economic performance affects Canada’s overall economy. The study, “Can Canada Prosper without a Prosperous Ontario?” spotlights how Ontario’s poor record on GDP growth, employment and business investment is dragging down the national economy. The report will be released online. Call 807-343-8545.
The Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) will post a report entitled “Federal Contaminated Sites Cost” on the website at www.pbo-dpb.gc.ca. The Parliamentary Budget Officer was asked, under section 79.2(d) of the Parliament of Canada Act, to estimate the financial cost to remediate Canada’s contaminated sites. This report responds to that request. It estimates the costs of remediating current and future … Read more
Climate Action Network Canada will hold a webinar-based advance briefing on the new IPCC report on “Mitigation of Climate Change”, due to be released on Sunday, April 13. The report is the last in a series of three working group reports that make up the main content of the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report and will focus on the … Read more
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) invites students to participate in the CRA’s first-ever tweet chat. Post-secondary students and high-school students will have the opportunity to ask the CRA questions about filing an income tax and benefit return. Follow and use #StudentsAskCRA on Twitter to participate. More information is available online.
The Fraser Institute will release its Report Card on B.C’s Secondary Schools 2014, the go-to source for measuring school performance. The Report Card ranks 293 public and independent secondary schools based on seven indicators using data from the annual provincewide exams administered by the B.C. Ministry of Education. For the complete results on all ranked … Read more
