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Calls for More Policy Reversals
Appeared in the Globe and Mail, February 7, 2017 The federal government’s economic advisory council led by the managing director of global consulting giant McKinsey and Company has called on the federal government to reverse several of its most high ...
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Federal government fails to make convincing case for CPP expansion
Appeared in the Calgary Herald, October 8, 2016 The Trudeau government recently introduced legislation to expand the Canada Pension Plan—a move that will require working Canadians to pay higher payroll taxes in exchange for increased benefits in ...
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William Watson: Nudge, nudge, KABOOM! Behavioural economics comes to Canadian policy
Just as I finished reading a new NBER (National Bureau of Economic Research) working paper by Philip Oreopoulos and Robert French of the University of Toronto about how behavioural economics is starting to influence Canadian public ...
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Longstanding problem of discouraging work made worse
The federal government’s new Canada Child Benefit program recently replaced and consolidated an assortment of previous programs. Yet little attention has been given to how this policy change, along with others, will exacerbate a ...
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New federal polices worsen old problem of discouraging work in Canada
Appeared in the Financial Post, August 31, 2016 Last month the federal government’s new Canada Child Benefit program came into force, replacing and consolidating an assortment of previous programs. However, little attention has been given to how this ...
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Return on CPP contributions still meagre after expansion
Appeared in the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal, July 22, 2016 The expansion of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP), announced in June by Canada’s federal and provincial finance ministers, has sparked important questions about what the changes will mean for ...
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CPP expansion will do little to boost rate of return, particularly for younger Canadians
Last month Canada’s federal and provincial finance ministers announced an expansion of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP). Some have tried to justify expansion by claiming that the CPP provides a high rate of return for retired Canadians. ...
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Australia’s system of individual retirement saving accounts vs. the collective CPP model
Ottawa and the provinces have announced an “agreement in principle” to expand the Canada Pension Plan (CPP), requiring increased mandatory contributions from workers starting in 2019 in exchange for higher CPP retirement benefits in the ...
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Rates of return for expanded CPP remain meagre
Last month, Canada’s finance ministers announced an “agreement in principle” to expand the Canada Pension Plan (CPP), which will require workers to pay more into the program starting in 2019 in exchange for higher CPP retirement benefits ...
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Rates of return for expanded CPP remain meagre
Last month, Canada’s finance ministers announced an “agreement in principle” to expand the Canada Pension Plan (CPP), which will require workers to pay more into the program starting in 2019 in exchange for higher CPP retirement benefits in the future. As ...