Canadians could have a balanced budget and better tax system: C.D. Howe Institute Shadow Budget
Tuesday, February 27th, 2024
Beyond reducing the debt burden to a level that is prudent and more fair to younger Canadians, the authors advocate tax changes to reward work and investment… The Shadow Budget proposes restoring the GST to 7 percent over time, lowering the rate for the middle personal income tax bracket to 15 percent in 2027, and lowering the general corporate income tax rate by one percentage point in 2025 and another in 2026.
Tags: budget, economy, ideology
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An Unparalleled and Urgent Task Faces Premiers Next Week
Friday, July 7th, 2023
At the top of the list is helping the 6.5 million people without access to primary care… Equally urgent is the need to beef up home and community care to make it possible for our rapidly aging population to age both well and where they want to, whether in their own homes or in a community setting. These actions on primary and senior care would ease the pressure on beleaguered hospitals and their emergency rooms.
Tags: featured, Health, jurisdiction, standard of living
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Roadmap For Reform Can Save Canadian Healthcare: A General Consensus View
Friday, June 16th, 2023
[The] authors… present a Roadmap that addresses the fundamental questions of why previous attempts at reform have failed, and offers solutions to design a more effective reform process… The Roadmap lays out a comprehensive 13-step plan, covering both the short and long terms that take us to the destination of better health for more Canadians with better access to high-quality healthcare:
Tags: Health, mental Health, participation, standard of living
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Steps to a First Class Canadian Health Information System
Saturday, February 11th, 2023
1st… all parties benefit from better data… 2nd… identify the current data shortcomings… a collaborative task between levels of government… 3rd, the federal government should agree to pay for the incremental costs of the new system… 4th… with StatsCan, CIHI, and others, senior levels of government should establish protocols for the analysis and distribution of the improved health information… [and] 5th, some issues will need Canada-wide policy development
Tags: Health, mental Health, standard of living
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Looming Healthcare Costs Threaten Tax Hikes Unless Focus Shifts to a New Approach
Thursday, March 31st, 2022
… focusing on alternatives to institutional long-term care such as improvements to homecare and community-living supports can help reduce costs (in addition to benefiting seniors). Improving Canadians’ overall health and controlling cost pressures will require substantial reform, with a renewed focus on good health promotion in lieu of the historic overemphasis on treating illness.
Tags: budget, economy, Health, mental Health
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Canada Needs A Broader Vision Of Healthcare
Tuesday, August 10th, 2021
“Like others, Canada’s healthcare ‘system’ is reactive. It is focused on restoring to good health people who become ill or injured. It does relatively little to keep people healthy – to promote good health,”… The authors call for striking a balance between the two objectives, with policies and/or practices/procedures based on data that assess the health status of individuals and populations in all their diversity throughout the length and breadth of the country.
Tags: Health, ideology, jurisdiction, mental Health, standard of living
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Shining a light on the future of seniors’ care
Thursday, January 7th, 2021
… we propose a proactive, co-ordinated, and holistic model that considers the health-care needs of Canada’s rapidly aging population in tandem with seniors’ housing, lifestyle, and social needs… The predominant policy of meeting the needs of seniors continues to be to “warehouse” them in long-term care (LTC) homes… Not only are LTC-homes expensive for the health-care system, many seniors do not want to live there; they want to “age in place” by continuing to exercise their independence by living in the community they love.
Tags: disabilities, featured, Health, housing, ideology, mental Health, participation, standard of living
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Economic dreams and reality
Wednesday, March 9th, 2011
Mar 08 2011
The budget of my dream explains that education cannot again be collateral damage in a war on the deficit. So the 3 per cent annual growth in the Canada Social Transfer will be maintained after 2013-14. It would put a clear emphasis on giving access to post-secondary education to students who do not typically attend. The budget acknowledges the deplorable state of education on First Nations reserves and commits to thorough reforms backed by necessary funding.
Tags: budget, economy, housing, Indigenous, pensions, standard of living
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Health care’s great divide
Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
Feb 02 2011
A relatively small group of engaged Canadians has become convinced that dramatic reforms are required to our health-care system to rein in surging cost increases while at least preserving — and hopefully improving — quality. This group bemoans the absence of public debate but nonetheless assumes that government will lead the reform charge. That won’t happen. Most Canadians are not concerned about pending financial threats to health care… As gatekeepers of the system, doctors… and nurses will have to sort out respective duties. Drug companies should propose cost savings…
Tags: budget, Health, ideology, pharmaceutical, standard of living
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Health care needs a checkup
Thursday, May 27th, 2010
May 27 2010
The current health-care system is focused on patching up people once a problem has occurred, with few incentives to do so efficiently and with cost minimization. These very underpinnings of the system need to be changed to focus on preventing health problems and, once they occur, treating them in a cost-effective manner. The one constant must be an emphasis on quality of care. A broad approach needs to be taken to prevent health problems. Measures to improve education and alleviate poverty may indeed be the most effective.
Tags: budget, featured, Health
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