C.D. Howe Institute Commentary articles from November 2002

C.D. Howe Institute Commentary archives from November 2002

US and Canadian immigration policies: marching together to different tunes. (The Border Papers).
November 1, 2002... In this issue... Canadian immigration authorities will have to toughen up their screening and monitoring of visitors to prevent terrorists and criminals from joining the large numbers of entrants to the country ever year. Canada and the...

Canada should tighten screening and monitoring of visitors to prevent entry of terrorists, C.D. Howe study says.
November 1, 2002... Toronto, November 13, 2002 -- Canadian immigration authorities should toughen up screening and monitoring of visitors in order to prevent terrorists and criminals from joining the large numbers of visitors granted access to the country, says a...

For the good of the patients: financial incentives to improve stability in the Canadian health care system.
November 9, 2002... In this issue... Canadian health costs are rising rapidly partly because patients and health care providers have few financial incentives to manage them and little information about how best to do so. Part of the solution is a provincial...

For the good of the patients: financial incentives to improve stability in the Canadian health care system.
November 15, 2002... In this issue... Canadian health costs are rising rapidly partly because patients and health care providers have few financial incentives to manage them and little information about how best to do so. Part of the solution is a provincial...

Tax preferences for education saving: are RESPs effective?
November 30, 2002... In this issue... Though popular, registered education savings plans and the related Canadian education savings grants are a needless, complex and ill-targeted way of supporting postsecondary education. More general tax relief of saving...

Recent issues of C.D. Howe Institute Commentary.
November 30, 2002... No. 173, November 2002 Reuber, Grant L. and Finn Poschmann. "For the Good of the Patients: Financial Incentives to Improve Stability in the Canadian Health...

RESPs: the wrong way to support saving for higher education. (Communique).(registered education savings plans)(Brief Article)
November 30, 2002... For release Friday, December 13, 2002, at 10:00 a.m. Toronto December 13, 2002--Registered education savings plans and related government grants are a needless, complex and ill-defined way of supporting postsecondary education, says a new...

Saving the future: restoring fairness to the taxation of savings. (Fiscal Policy).
November 30, 2002... The Study in Brief Canada's current retirement tax system is outdated, uncompetitive in comparison to its US counterparts and needlessly restrictive. Inflation has steadily eroded the real value of the limits on retirement savings to the...

Ease tax burden on retirement savings, says C.D. Howe Institute report. (Communique).
November 30, 2002... Toronto, December 19, 2002--Canada's retirement savings system is outdated, uncompetitive against its U.S. counterpart and needlessly restrictive, says a C.D. Howe Institute study released today. The Commentary, "Saving the Future:...