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183: The Overlooked Option for Boosting Retirement Savings: Higher Limits for RRSPs

Alexandre Laurin

182: Rethinking Ontario’s Electricity System with Consumers in Mind

Michael Wyman

181: It's Alive! Corporate Cash and Business Investment

Finn Poschmann

180: Money Still Matters: How the Bank of Canada Might Better Monitor Inflation

Mati Dubrovinsky

179: Capital Needed: Canada Needs More Robust Business Investment

Benjamin Dachis, William Robson and Nicholas Chesterley

178: The Public Purse versus Private Wallets: Comparing Provincial Approaches to Investing in Economic Growth

Philip Cross

177: What Policies Work? Addressing the Concerns Raised by Canada’s PISA Results

John Richards

176: Warning Signs for Canadian Educators: The Bad News in Canada’s PISA Results

John Richards

175: Outliving Our Savings: Registered Retirement Income Funds Rules Need a Big Update

William Robson and Alex Laurin

174: Don’t Forget the Kids: How Immigrant Policy Can Help Immigrants’ Children

Colin Busby and Miles Corak

173: The Impact of Diplomatic Representation Abroad on Canada’s Exports

Dan Ciuriak

172: Helping Ontarians Save for Retirement: How the Province Could Adapt the Canada Supplementary Pension Plan

Keith Ambachtsheer

171: Registering in Harmony: The Case for Pan-Canadian Corporate Registration

Daniel Schwanen

170: Tradable Services: Canada’s Overlooked Success Story

Daniel Schwanen

169: Who Else Benefits from CETA? Some Implications of Most-Favoured Nation Treatment

Lawrence Herman

168: Accountability and Access to Medical Care: Lessons from the Use of Capitation Payments in Ontario

Ake Blomqvist, Boris Kralj and Jasmin Kantarevic

167: Equipping Canadian Workers: Business Investment Loses a Step against Competitors Abroad

Benjamin Dachis and William Robson

166: What Gets Measured Gets Managed: The Economic Burden of Business Property Taxes

Benjamin Dachis, Adam Found and Peter Tomlinson

165: Absent With Leave: The Implications of Demographic Change for Worker Absenteeism

Finn Poschmann and Omar Chatur

164: Identifying Alberta's Best Schools

David Johnson

163: Uneasy Birth: What Canadians Should Expect from a Canada-EU Trade Deal

Daniel Schwanen

162: How Ottawa Can Deliver a Reformed Canada Post

Benjamin Dachis

161: The Main Challenge of Our Times: A Population Growing Younger

Marcel Boyer and Sebastien Boyer

160: Treading Water: The Impact of High METRs on Working Families in Canada

Alex Laurin and Finn Poschmann

159: The 8 Percent Solution: A Sensible Tax Compromise for Albertans

Colin Busby and Alex Laurin

158: The Seductive Myth of Canada’s “Overvalued” Dollar

Christopher Ragan

157: Improving Immigrant Selection: Further Changes Are Required Before Increasing Inflows

Christopher Worswick

156: The New "Normal" for Interest Rates in Canada: The Implications of Long-Term Shifts in Global Saving and Investment

Paul Beaudry and Philippe Bergevin

155: A Reality Check for BC: The Impact of Behavioural Responses on the 2013 Budget's Proposed Income Tax Increases

Alex Laurin

154: Who is still Standing in Line? Addressing a Mismatch of Skills and Jobs in the Canadian Labour Market

Philippe Bergevin

153: Managing healthcare for an aging population: will demographics push Newfoundland and Labrador into a fiscal deep freeze?

Colin Busby and William Robson

152: Managing Healthcare for an Aging Population: Prince Edward Island’s $14 Billion Healthcare Glacier

Colin Busby and William Robson

151: Managing the Cost of Healthcare for an Aging Population: Nova Scotia’s Healthcare Glacier

Colin Busby and William Robson

150: Managing Healthcare for an Aging Population: New Brunswick’s $78 Billion Question

Colin Busby and William Robson

149: Managing Healthcare for an Aging Population: The Fiscal Challenge Quebec Has Yet to Face

Colin Busby and William Robson

148: Managing Healthcare for an Aging Population: Does the Demographic Glacier Portend a Fiscal Ice-Age in Ontario?

Colin Busby and William Robson

147: Managing the Cost of Healthcare for an Aging Population: Manitoba’s Looming Funding Gap

Colin Busby and William Robson

146: Managing Healthcare for an Aging Population: Some Good News and Some Bad News for Saskatchewan

Colin Busby and William Robson

145: Managing Healthcare for an Aging Population: How Alberta Can Confront its Coming Fiscal Challenge

Colin Busby and William Robson

144: Managing the Cost of Healthcare for an Aging Population: British Columbia Confronts its Glacier

Colin Busby and William Robson

143: Not Dead Yet: The Changing Role of Cash on Corporate Balance Sheets

Finn Poschmann

142: Speed Dating or Serious Courtship? Canada and Foreign State-Owned Enterprises

Daniel Schwanen

141: Are Middle Schools Good for Student Academic Achievement? Evidence from Ontario

David Johnson

140: Federal Employee Pension Reforms: First Steps - on a Much Longer Journey

William Robson and Alexandre Laurin

139: Tuer la poule aux œufs d'or: Les impacts des hausses d'impôt proposées au Québec/Killing the goose that lays the golden eggs: Impact of proposed tax increases in Quebec

Alexandre Laurin

138: Can Venture Capital Foster Innovation in Canada? Yes, but Certain Types of Venture Capital Are Better Than Others

Tariq Fancy

137: From Living Well to Working Well: Raising Canada's Performance in Non-residential Investment

Benjamin Dachis and William Robson

136: Finding Common Cause: The Renewed Quest for a National Securities Regulator

Jeremy Fraiberg

135: Ontario's Tax on the Rich: Grasping at Straw Men

Alexandre Laurin

134: Ontario's Best Public Schools: 2009-2011

David Johnson and Robbie Brydon