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2017, issue 498

Strengthening Canadian Television Content: Creation, Discovery and Export in a Digital World

Lawson Hunter, Kenneth Engelhart and Peter Miller

2017, issue 497

Innovation Policy in Canada: A Holistic Approach

Daniel Schwanen

2017, issue 496

Fuzzy Finances: Grading the Financial Reports of Canada’s Municipalities

William Robson, Benjamin Dachis and Farah Omran

2017, issue 495

Rethinking Limits on Tax-Deferred Retirement Savings in Canada

William Robson

2017, issue 494

A Question of Fairness: Time to Reconsider Income-Averaging Provisions

Daniel Gordon and Jean-Francois Wen

2017, issue 493

Off Target: Assessing the Fairness of Ottawa’s Proposed Tax Reforms for “Passive” Investments in CCPCs

Alex Laurin

2017, issue 492

All’s Well that Ends Well: Addressing End-of-Life Liabilities for Oil and Gas Wells

Benjamin Dachis, Blake Schaffer and Vincent Thivierge

2017, issue 491

Thinking about Minimum Wage Increases in Alberta: Theoretically, Empirically, and Regionally pp. 1-20

Joseph Marchand

2017, issue 490

Opportunities for Better Systemic Risk Management in Canada

Nicholas Le Pan

2017, issue 489

Not Ready for Prime Time: Canada’s Proposed New Securities Regulator

Harvey Naglie

2017, issue 488

Red Flags for Educators: Lessons for Canada in the PISA Results

John Richards

2017, issue 487

Bits, Bytes, and Taxes: VAT and the Digital Economy in Canada

Rosalie Wyonch

2017, issue 486

The Power of Words: Improving Immigrants’ Literacy Skills

Parisa Mahboubi

2017, issue 485

Mortgage Insurance Deductibles: An Idea Whose Time Hasn’t Come

Thorsten Koeppl and James (Jim) MacGee

2017, issue 484

The Knowledge Deficit about Taxes: Who It Affects and What to Do About It

Antoine Genest-Grégoire, Luc Godbout and Jean-Herman Guay

2017, issue 483

Banking on Infrastructure: How the Canada Infrastructure Bank can Build Infrastructure Better for Canadians

Steven Robins

2017, issue 482

Spendthrifts and Savers: Are Canadians Acting Like they are “House Poor” or “House Rich”?

Jeremy Kronick

2017, issue 481

Tax Options for Childcare that Encourage Work, Flexibility, Choice, Fairness and Quality

Alex Laurin and Kevin Milligan

2017, issue 480

The Paradox of Productivity, Technology, and Innovation in Canadian Healthcare

Colin Busby and Ake Blomqvist

2017, issue 479

How to Restore Public Trust and Credibility at the National Energy Board

Lesley Matthews

2017, issue 478

Defining the Public Interest in Regulatory Decisions: The Case for Economic Efficiency

Jeffrey Church

2017, issue 477

In Need of a Booster: How to Improve Childhood Vaccination Coverage in Canada

Colin Busby, Aaron Jacobs and Ramya Muthukumaran

2017, issue 476

Numbers You can Trust? The Fiscal Accountability of Canada’s Senior Governments, 2017

William Robson and Colin Busby

2017, issue 475

Greener Pastures: Resetting the Age of Eligibility for Social Security Based on Actuarial Science

Robert Brown and Shantel Aris

2017, issue 474

Patents, Copyright and Competition: Assessing the Impact of Trade Deals on Canada

Daniel Schwanen and Aaron Jacobs

2017, issue 473

New and Improved: How to Bring Institutional Investment into Public Infrastructure

Benjamin Dachis

2017, issue 472

Future Shock? The Impact of Automation on Canada’s Labour Market

Matthias Oschinski and Rosalie Wyonch

2017, issue 471

Smokes, Smugglers and Lost Tax Revenues: How Governments Should Respond

Anindya Sen

2017, issue 470

Getting Real: A Shadow Federal Budget for 2017

William Robson, Alexandre Laurin and Rosalie Wyonch

2017, issue 469

Hidden Spending: The Fiscal Impact of Federal Tax Concessions

William Robson and Alexandre Laurin

2017, issue 468

Blockchain Technology – What’s in Store for Canada’s Economy and Financial Markets?

Thorsten Koeppl and Jeremy Kronick

2017, issue 467

Enduring Virtues: Saving and Investing as National Priorities in 2017

William Robson

2017, issue 466

Government Intervention in Venture Capital in Canada: Toward Greater Transparency and Accountability

Richard Remillard

2017, issue 465

Towards a New Balance in Social Policy: The Future Role of Guaranteed Annual Income within the Safety Net

Peter Hicks

2017, issue 464

The Art of Breaking the Deal: What President Trump Can and Can’t Do About NAFTA

Jon Johnson

2017, issue 463

Breaking the Silos: Funding for the Healthcare We Need

Jason Sutherland and Erik Hellsten

2016, issue 462

Precarious Positions: Policy Options to Mitigate Risks in Non-standard Employment

Colin Busby and Ramya Muthukumaran

2016, issue 461

Playing from Strength: Canada’s Trade Deal Priorities for Financial Services

Daniel Schwanen, Jeremy Kronick and Ramya Muthukumaran

2016, issue 460

Two Sets of Books at City Hall? Grading the Financial Reports of Canada’s Cities

Benjamin Dachis, William Robson and Jennifer Tsao

2016, issue 459

Investor-State Dispute Settlement in Ceta: Is it the Gold Standard?

Tony VanDuzer

2016, issue 458

Thinking Regionally: How to Improve Service Delivery in Canada’s Cities

Zachary Spicer and Adam Found

2016, issue 457

The Bigger Picture: How the Fourth Pillar Impacts Retirement Preparedness

Jeremy Kronick and Alexandre Laurin

2016, issue 454

Fault Lines: Earthquakes, Insurance, and Systemic Financial Risk

Nicholas Le Pan

2016, issue 453

Toward the Next Renewal of the Inflation-Control Agreement: Questions Facing the Bank of Canada

Steven Ambler

2016, issue 452

Modernizing Business Taxation

Robin Boadway and Jean-François Tremblay

2016, issue 451

Changing the Channel on Canadian Communications Regulation

Benjamin Dachis and Daniel Schwanen

2016, issue 450

Unequal Access: Making Sense of EI Eligibility Rules and How to Improve Them

Colin Busby and David Gray

2016, issue 449

Worse Than It Looks: The True Burden and Risks of Federal Employee Pension Plans

William Robson and Alex Laurin

2016, issue 448

Controlling the Public Purse: The Fiscal Accountability of Canada’s Senior Governments

William Robson and Colin Busy

2016, issue 447

Where the Bucks Stop: A Shadow Federal Budget for 2016

William Robson and Alex Laurin

2016, issue 446

Moving Parts: Immigration Policy, Internal Migration and Natural Resource Shocks

Serge Coulombe, Robin Boadway and Michel Beine

2016, issue 445

Looking for Liquidity -- Banking and Emergency Liquidity Facilities

Jeremy Kronick

2016, issue 444

Students in Jeopardy: An Agenda for Improving Results in Band-Operated Schools

John Richards and Barry Anderson

2016, issue 443

Shifting Towards Autonomy: A Continuing Care Model for Canada

Ake Blomqvist and Colin Busby