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Canadian Workers in for Another Year of Modest Salary Gains Amid Slow Economic Growth – Conference Board of Canada
Ottawa, October 26, 2016—In response to widespread uncertainty about Canada’s economic climate and business conditions, organizations are planning cautious salary increases for 2017. The Conference Board of Canada’s Compensation Planning Outlook 2017 projects average base increases for non-unionized employees to be 2.2 per cent next year, with the lowest increases going to workers in Alberta and in […]
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Licensed Canadian Payday Lenders Provide Needed Credit to At-Risk Borrowers
Ottawa, October 25, 2016—Despite the stigma associated with payday loans, the industry provides a valuable service to a specific clientele of Canadians. A new report by The Conference Board of Canada estimates that the licensed Canadian payday loan industry provided nearly 4.5 million short-term loans to Canadian households, valued at $2.2 billion. Given these findings, improving financial literacy […]
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Fraser Institute: Red tape stifling Calgary homebuilding and hampering density goals
October 25, 2016 CALGARY—The City of Calgary is stifling new home builds with burdensome red tape, compared to more development-friendly suburbs, finds an updated survey of homebuilders released today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank. “Calgary city council talks about increasing density yet its policies are doing the opposite and […]
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Policies designed to get kids into post-secondary education need to focus on early intervention, including early access to savings – Policy Options
October 25, 2016 Since the 2015 election, the Liberal government has made two major adjustments to federal programs targeted at children and youth. First, the uniform payment to every family with children was replaced by the new Canada Child Benefit, a benefit worth more to lower income families and withheld from the wealthy. In a […]
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What’s Wallonia’s Beef? – C.D.Howe Institute
CETA’s investment dispute provisions have become a lightning rod for critics of the trade pact within Europe, but in its current form, the CETA text represents a significant improvement from past trade and investment deals. October 24, 2016 – CETA’s investment dispute provisions have become a lightning rod for critics of the trade pact within […]
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Canada is Ill-Prepared to Keep an Aging Population Moving
Ottawa, October 19, 2016—Canada has not adequately addressed the changing transportation needs of seniors, leaving many without a range of accessible, affordable and appropriate transportation options to support active and healthy living, according to a new Conference Board of Canada report from the Canadian Alliance for Sustainable Health Care and the Centre for Transportation and Infrastructure. […]
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If we don’t understand the violence and exploitation that Indigenous girls face, we won’t be able to fully tackle the issue before us. – Policy Options Magazine
On August 3, 2016, the federal government formally launched the long-awaited, hard-won National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. Indigenous women and girls and their allies across the country celebrated the launch of this inquiry as a victory unto itself, as advocates had been pressing for this crisis to be acknowledged and […]
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Fraser Institute: Rise of protectionism-particularly in the U.S. presidential election-threatens Canadian prosperity
October 18, 2016 VANCOUVER—The emergence of strong opposition to trade in the U.S. presidential election and Europe threatens Canada’s future economic prosperity, finds a new study released today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank. “There is growing opposition to the nearly four decades-long consensus regarding the benefits of trade,” said […]
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Despite Lower Prices, LNG Opportunities Are Still Present for Canada’s Gas Extraction Industry – Conference Board of Canada
Ottawa, October 13, 2016—Even though liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices are expected to remain weak until the end of the decade, demand is anticipated to expand in the long term. With the current liquefaction investment cycle winding down, new projects will be needed in the coming years to meet future demand, according to The Conference […]
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Austerity not the solution to Nova Scotia’s economic challenges: study – CCPA
October 12, 2016 HALIFAX – The provincial government’s austerity program is misguided and is making the real challenges facing Nova Scotia worse, says a study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Nova Scotia (CCPA-NS). The study, Growth, Austerity and the Future of Nova Scotian Prosperity, evaluates Nova Scotia’s fiscal situation and finds the […]
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