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Groundbreaking MaRS funding initiative takes aim at high blood pressure
In the first health-related social impact bond, or “pay-for-success” model in Canada — and the largest of its kind in the world — investors will fund the upfront costs of a new hypertension prevention program and the Public Health Agency of Canada will pay if it works… the Community Hypertension Prevention Initiative will recruit 7,000 seniors on the verge of developing the disease in Toronto and Vancouver and help them make lifestyle changes aimed at keeping their blood pressure in check without drugs.
Tags: budget, Health, pharmaceutical, standard of living, tax
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The Canadian Income Tax Act and the Concepts of Charitable Purposes and Activities
… there is merit in considering an entity’s planned or actual activities in determining its eligibility for registration, in particular with respect to two concerns: (1) mission drift; and, (2) inadvertent overstepping of bounds when an entity is constituted for purposes that are generally worded, rather than specific.. it is certainly legitimate to examine whether planned or actual activities are reasonably connected to stated purposes.
Tags: ideology, participation, philanthropy, poverty, rights, tax
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Fixing Canadian health care with a TripAdvisor for hospitals
… quality reports not only serve patients as a transparency tool and hospitals as a marketing tool; they also encourage hospitals to improve quality. They furthermore help public health experts and scientists to develop better clinical guidelines, and medical societies and public health authorities to analyze and address system-wide quality issues… More money has not fixed the chronic problems plaguing Canada’s health-care system. Replicating successful reforms… would provide healthy incentives
Tags: budget, featured, Health, standard of living, tax
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It’s Canada vs. the protectionists in the new world trade wars
… a consensus has evolved on the overall benefit of more trade, even as we watch the acrimonious debate in the U.S. and Europe. Hopefully, the outcome of this argument in our major trading partners will be as enlightened as it was for Canada. The debate abroad may even be beneficial for Canada, since the arguments our politicians make for international trade highlight the hypocrisy of the many internal barriers to trade within Canada.
Tags: economy, globalization, ideology, standard of living, tax
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The Senate finally does something right
… the proposals fall into three categories: providing greater openness, improving internal operations and generating better legislation. In principle all are desirable… [including] a proposal to group senators into “caucuses” rather than parties… all represented on committees… But a less rigid, us-versus-them, in-versus-out pattern of debate and voting would still be an improvement, perhaps even a useful model for reforming the Commons
Tags: ideology, jurisdiction, participation, Senate, standard of living, tax
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‘The world must jettison neoliberal ideology’: A globalization wake-up call
UNCTAD’s analysis… attacks Western governments’ obsession with austerity which has starved global demand… “The world must jettison neoliberal ideology, and launch a ‘global new deal’ with a blitz of investment on strategic sectors. … a return of the ‘developmental state,’ commanding a potent industrial policy, and backed by severe controls on capital flows.” … global corporations… have failed utterly to deliver on the quid pro quo: their promise of growth and prosperity.
Tags: economy, globalization, ideology, standard of living, tax
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Equalization payments aren’t sexy but they deserve attention, too
The aim is to ensure all provinces have the wherewithal to pay for social programs of similar size and scope. It’s a nation-building exercise… Everyone who pays taxes in Canada contributes to equalization, and every province has, at one time or another, benefited from it – yes, even Alberta… Painting it unkindly, as a rigged interregional welfare scheme, is a disservice…
Tags: budget, economy, jurisdiction, standard of living, tax
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