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C.D. Howe Institute

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1.

Canada’s Looming Retirement Challenge: Will Future Retirees be Able to Maintain Their Living Standards Upon Retirement?

C.D. Howe Institute Commentary Pension Paper No. 317
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 29 Jan 2011
Kevin D. Moore, William B. P. Robson and Alexandre Laurin
affiliation not provided to SSRN, C.D. Howe Institute and C.D. Howe Institute
Downloads 68 (213,480)
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Pension Papers, Canada, Pensions, Retirement Income, LifePaths, Statistics Canada, Registered Pension Plans (RPPs), Registered Retirement Savings Plans (RRSPs)

2.

A Social Insurance Model for Pharmacare: Ontario's Options for a More Sustainable, Cost-Effective Drug Program

C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, No. 326, April 2011
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 29 Apr 2011
Colin Busby and William B. P. Robson
C.D. Howe Institute and C.D. Howe Institute
Downloads 60 (132,420)
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The Health Papers, Ontario Drug Program (ODB), Province of Ontario

3.

Freeing Up Food: The Ongoing Cost, and Potential Reform, of Supply Management

C.D. Howe Institute
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 16 Apr 2010
William B. P. Robson and Colin Busby
C.D. Howe Institute and C.D. Howe Institute
Downloads 59 (245,209)
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Governance and Public Institutions, Canadian agriculture, supply management policy, agricultural production quotas

4.

Supersized Superannuation:The Startling Fair-Value Cost of Canadian Public Service Pensions

Rotman International Journal of Pension Management, Vol. 3, No. 1, 2010
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 01 Jun 2010
Alexandre Laurin and William B. P. Robson
C.D. Howe Institute and C.D. Howe Institute
Downloads 57 (315,918)

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Fair-Value, Liability Discount Rate, Pension Fund, Public Accounts, Public Service Pensions

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Supersized Superannuation: The Startling Fair-Value Cost of Federal Government Pensions

C.D. Howe Institute
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 20 Feb 2010
Alexandre Laurin and William B. P. Robson
C.D. Howe Institute and C.D. Howe Institute
Downloads 57 (294,026)
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Pension Papers, governance and public institutions, fair-value accounting, defined-benefit pension plan

6.

Modernizing Private Pensions: Canada Responds to a Global Challenge

Rotman International Journal of Pension Management, Vol. 2, No. 2, 2009
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 30 Oct 2009
William B. P. Robson
C.D. Howe Institute
Downloads 42 (365,238)
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Pension Fund, Pension Policy, Private Pensions, Retirement, Retirement Saving, Saving

7.

Back to Balance: A Shadow Federal Budget for 2010

C.D. Howe Institute Backgrounder, No. 127
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 06 Mar 2010
Alexandre Laurin, William B. P. Robson, Colin Busby and Finn Poschmann
C.D. Howe Institute, C.D. Howe Institute, C.D. Howe Institute and C.D. Howe Institute
Downloads 32 (396,851)
Citation 1

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Fiscal and Tax Competitiveness, shadow budget, federal budget, federal deficit

8.

Managing the Costs of Healthcare for an Aging Population: The Fiscal Impact of New Brunswick's Demographic Glacier

C.D. Howe Institute ebrief 198
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 17 Jan 2015
Colin Busby, William B. P. Robson and Aaron Jacobs
C.D. Howe Institute, C.D. Howe Institute and C.D. Howe Institute
Downloads 31 (334,766)

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Social Policy, Health Policy, Healthcare, Seniors

9.

Achieving Balance, Spurring Growth: A Shadow Federal Budget for 2012

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 05 Apr 2012
Alexandre Laurin and William B. P. Robson
C.D. Howe Institute and C.D. Howe Institute
Downloads 27 (434,321)

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Canada, Federal Budget 2012, Federal employee compensation, tax base, Crown Corporations

10.

Holding Canada's Cities to Account: An Assessment of Municipal Fiscal Management

C.D. Howe Institute Vol. 145, November 2011
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 05 Jan 2012
Benjamin Dachis and William B. P. Robson
C.D. Howe Institute and C.D. Howe Institute
Downloads 25 (346,587)
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Fiscal & Tax Competitiveness, Governance and Public Institutions, Urban Issues Series, Canadian municipalities, fiscal management, municipal budgets

11.

Impulse Spending: Canada's 2011 Fiscal Accountability Rankings

C.D. Howe Institute
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 19 Oct 2011
Colin Busby and William B. P. Robson
C.D. Howe Institute and C.D. Howe Institute
Downloads 25 (425,275)
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Fiscal & Tax Competitiveness, Canada, Canadian provinces, fiscal accountability rankings

12.

Cutting Through Pension Complexity: Easy Steps Forward for the 2010 Federal Budget

C.D. Howe Institute Backgrounder, No. 126
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 06 Mar 2010
William B. P. Robson
C.D. Howe Institute
Downloads 21 (449,023)
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Pension Papers, Financial Services, defined-benefit (DB) plan, defined-contribution (DC) plan, registered retirement savings plan (RRSP)

13.

Ottawa's Hidden Deficit: The Widening Gap between Federal Government Pension Liabilities and Assets

C.D. Howe Institute Commentary 406
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 12 Apr 2014
William B. P. Robson and Alexandre Laurin
C.D. Howe Institute and C.D. Howe Institute
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Governance and Public Institutions, Pension

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A Faster Track to Fiscal Balance: The 2011 Shadow Budget

C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, No. 320, February 2011
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 02 Mar 2011
Alexandre Laurin and William B. P. Robson
C.D. Howe Institute and C.D. Howe Institute
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Fiscal Policy, Canada, Federal Budget, Shadow Budget

15.

Managing the Costs of Healthcare for an Aging Population: Good — And Bad — News About Saskatchewan's Fiscal Glacier

C.D. Howe Institute ebrief 197
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 21 Dec 2014
William B. P. Robson, Colin Busby and Aaron Jacobs
C.D. Howe Institute, C.D. Howe Institute and C.D. Howe Institute
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Social Policy, Health Policy, Healthcare, Seniors

16.

Don’t Double Down on the CPP: Expansion Advocates Understate the Plan’s Risks

C.D. Howe Institute
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 15 Jul 2011
William B. P. Robson
C.D. Howe Institute
Downloads 18 (464,687)

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Pension Papers, Canada Pension Plan (CPP), defined-benefit plan, Quebec Pension Plan

17.

Target Practice Needed: Canada’s 2010 Fiscal Accountability Rankings

C.D. Howe Institute Backgrounder, No. 129, May 2010, C.D. Howe Institute Backgrounder, No. 129, May 2010
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 12 Aug 2010
Colin Busby and William B. P. Robson
C.D. Howe Institute and C.D. Howe Institute
Downloads 18 (459,443)
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Fiscal Policy, Canadian Federal, Provincial and Territorial Governments Fiscal Accountability Rankings

18.

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

C.D. Howe Institute Ebrief 175
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 06 Jun 2014
William B. P. Robson and Alexandre Laurin
C.D. Howe Institute and C.D. Howe Institute
Downloads 16 (420,913)

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Governance and Public Institutions, Pension Papers

19.

Equipping Canadians for Success: A Shadow Budget for 2014

C.D. Howe Institute Commentary 399
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 01 Feb 2014
Alexandre Laurin and William B. P. Robson
C.D. Howe Institute and C.D. Howe Institute
Downloads 15 (475,446)

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Fiscal Policy and Tax Competitiveness, Federal Budget

20.

The Costs of Inflexible Indexing: Avoiding the Adverse Fiscal Impacts of Lower Inflation

C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, No. 322, February 2011
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 31 Mar 2011
Philippe Bergevin and William B. P. Robson
C.D. Howe Institute and C.D. Howe Institute
Downloads 13 (496,712)

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monetary policy, Consumer Price Index (CPI), Bank of Canada, inflation control

21.

More RRBs, Please! Why Ottawa Should Issue More Inflation-Indexed Bonds

C.D. Howe Institute Commentary No. 363
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 19 Oct 2012
Philippe Bergevin and William B. P. Robson
C.D. Howe Institute and C.D. Howe Institute
Downloads 11 (512,791)

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Financial Services, Monetary Policy, Canada, real-return bonds (RRBs), Bank of Canada

22.

Managing the Cost of Healthcare for an Aging Population: Prince Edward Island's $13 Billion Healthcare Squeeze

C.D. Howe Institute ebrief 201
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 18 Jan 2015
Colin Busby, William B. P. Robson and Aaron Jacobs
C.D. Howe Institute, C.D. Howe Institute and C.D. Howe Institute
Downloads 10 (449,023)

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Social Policy, Health Policy, Healthcare, Seniors

23.

Capital Needed: Canada Needs More Robust Business Investment

C.D. Howe Institute e-Brief No. 179
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 18 Jul 2014
Benjamin Dachis, William B. P. Robson and Nicholas Chesterley
C.D. Howe Institute, C.D. Howe Institute and Nuffield College
Downloads 10 (502,082)

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Economic Growth, Innovation

24.

Baffling Budgets: Canada's Cities Need Better Financing Reporting

C.D. Howe Institute Commentary 397
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 23 Jan 2014
Benjamin Dachis and William B. P. Robson
C.D. Howe Institute and C.D. Howe Institute
Downloads 10 (464,687)

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Fiscal Policy and Tax Competitiveness

25.

Canada's 2012 Fiscal Accountability Rankings

C.D. Howe Institute Commentary 373
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 29 Jun 2013
Colin Busby and William B. P. Robson
C.D. Howe Institute and C.D. Howe Institute
Downloads 10 (486,242)
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Fiscal Policy, Tax Competitiveness, Budgets, Revenue

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Fixing MP Pensions: Parliamentarians Must Lead Canada's Move to Fairer, and Better-Funded Retirements

C.D. Howe Institute Working Paper No. 146
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 14 Mar 2012
William B. P. Robson
C.D. Howe Institute
Downloads 10 (502,082)

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Pension Papers, Canada, pension reform, Pension Plan for Members of Parliament (MPs), federal employee pension plan

27.

Managing Healthcare for an Aging Population: Are Demographics a Fiscal Iceberg for Newfoundland and Labrador?

C.D. Howe Institute ebrief 200
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 18 Jan 2015
Colin Busby, William B. P. Robson and Aaron Jacobs
C.D. Howe Institute, C.D. Howe Institute and C.D. Howe Institute
Downloads 9 (362,074)

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Social Policy, Health Policy, Healthcare, Seniors

28.

Managing the Costs of Healthcare for an Aging Population: How Alberta Can Confront Its Fiscal Glacier

C.D. Howe Institute ebrief 196
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 21 Dec 2014
William B. P. Robson, Colin Busby and Aaron Jacobs
C.D. Howe Institute, C.D. Howe Institute and C.D. Howe Institute
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Social Policy, Health Policy, Healthcare, Seniors

29.

Credibility on the (Bottom) Line: The Fiscal Accountability of Canada's Senior Governments, 2013

C.D. Howe Institute Commentary 404
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 25 Mar 2014
Colin Busby and William B. P. Robson
C.D. Howe Institute and C.D. Howe Institute
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Fiscal Policy, Tax Competitiveness

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

C.D. Howe Institute e-brief 145
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 30 Jun 2013 Last Revised: 02 Jul 2013
Colin Busby and William B. P. Robson
C.D. Howe Institute and C.D. Howe Institute
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Heathcare, Social Policy, Health Policy, Aging Population

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Managing Healthcare for an Aging Population: Ontario's Troubling Collision Course

C.D. Howe Institute ebrief 192
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 21 Dec 2014
William B. P. Robson, Colin Busby and Aaron Jacobs
C.D. Howe Institute, C.D. Howe Institute and C.D. Howe Institute
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Social Policy, Health Policy, Healthcare, Seniors

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La Gestion Des Coûts Des Soins De Santé Pour Une Population Vieillissante: Le Défi Fiscal Que Le Québec N’A Pas Encore Relevé (Managing the Cost of Healthcare for an Aging Population: The Fiscal Challenge Quebec Has Yet to Face)

C.D. Howe Institute e-brief 149
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 04 Jul 2013 Last Revised: 08 Jul 2013
Colin Busby and William B. P. Robson
C.D. Howe Institute and C.D. Howe Institute
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Soins de sante, Healthcare, Aging Population, Quebec, Québec

33.

Ottawa's Pension Abyss: The Rapid Hidden Growth of Federal-Employee Retirement Liabilities

C.D. Howe Institute Commentary 370
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 30 Jun 2013
William B. P. Robson
C.D. Howe Institute
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Pension Policy, retirement, investment, saving, RRSP

34.

Adaptability, Accountability and Sustainability: Intergovernmental Fiscal Arrangements in Canada

C.D. Howe Institute Commentary 431
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 14 Jul 2015
William B. P. Robson and Alexandre Laurin
C.D. Howe Institute and C.D. Howe Institute
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Fiscal and Tax Policy

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Delivering Healthcare to an Aging Population: Nova Scotia's Fiscal Glacier

C.D. Howe Institute ebrief 199
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 17 Jan 2015
Colin Busby, William B. P. Robson and Aaron Jacobs
C.D. Howe Institute, C.D. Howe Institute and C.D. Howe Institute
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Social Policy, Health Policy, Healthcare, Seniors

36.

Healthcare and an Aging Population: Managing Slow-Growing Revenues and Rising Health Spending in British Columbia

C.D. Howe Institute ebrief 195
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 21 Dec 2014
William B. P. Robson, Colin Busby and Aaron Jacobs
C.D. Howe Institute, C.D. Howe Institute and C.D. Howe Institute
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Social Policy, Health Policy, Healthcare, Seniors

37.

Bending Canada's Healthcare Cost Curve: Watch Not What Governments Say, But What They Do

C.D. Howe Institute e-Brief 185
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 05 Oct 2014
William B. P. Robson
C.D. Howe Institute
Downloads 7 (512,791)

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Economic Growth and Innovation, Social Policy, Health Policy

38.

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

C.D. Howe Institute E-brief 148
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 29 Jun 2013 Last Revised: 02 Jul 2013
Colin Busby and William B. P. Robson
C.D. Howe Institute and C.D. Howe Institute
Downloads 7 (480,924)

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Healthcare, Social Policy, Health Policy, aging population, Ontario

39.

Drawing Down Our Savings: The Prospects for RRIF Holders Following the 2015 Federal Budget

C.D. Howe Institute ebrief No. 210
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 10 Jul 2015
William B. P. Robson and Alexandre Laurin
C.D. Howe Institute and C.D. Howe Institute
Downloads 6 (528,758)

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Retirement Income and Saving; Pensions

40.

Prudence and Opportunity: A Shadow Federal Budget for 2013

C.D. Howe Institute Commentary No. 375
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 02 Jul 2013 Last Revised: 04 Oct 2013
Alexandre Laurin and William B. P. Robson
C.D. Howe Institute and C.D. Howe Institute
Downloads 6 (496,712)

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Canada, Federal Budget 2013, Federal employee compensation, tax base, Crown Corporations

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By the Numbers: The Fiscal Accountability of Canada's Senior Governments, 2015

C.D. Howe Institute Commentary No. 427
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 19 Apr 2015
Colin Busby and William B. P. Robson
C.D. Howe Institute and C.D. Howe Institute
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Fiscal Policy and Tax Competitiveness

42.

Le Défi Budgétaire De La Population Vieillissante: Planifier Les Coûts Des Soins De Santé AU Québec (An Aging Population Fiscal Challenge: Planning for Healthcare Costs in Quebec)

C.D. Howe Institute ebrief No. 194
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 17 Jan 2015
William B. P. Robson, Colin Busby and Aaron Jacobs
C.D. Howe Institute, C.D. Howe Institute and C.D. Howe Institute
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Social Policy, Health Policy, Healthcare, Seniors

43.

An Aging Population Fiscal Challenge: Planning for Healthcare Costs in Quebec

C.D. Howe Institute ebrief 194
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 21 Dec 2014
William B. P. Robson, Colin Busby and Aaron Jacobs
C.D. Howe Institute, C.D. Howe Institute and C.D. Howe Institute
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Social Policy, Health Policy, Healthcare, Seniors

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Managing Healthcare for an Aging Population: How Manitoba Can Confront Its Healthcare Glacier

C.D. Howe Institute ebrief 193
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 21 Dec 2014
William B. P. Robson, Colin Busby and Aaron Jacobs
C.D. Howe Institute, C.D. Howe Institute and C.D. Howe Institute
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Social Policy, Health Policy, Healthcare, Seniors

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Healthcare for an Aging Population: Will Demographics Push Newfoundland and Labrador into a Fiscal Deep Freeze?

C.D. Howe Institute e-brief 153
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 04 Jul 2013
Colin Busby and William B. P. Robson
C.D. Howe Institute and C.D. Howe Institute
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Healthcare, Social Policy, Health Policy, Aging Population, Newfoundland, Labrador

46.

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

C.D. Howe Institute e-brief 150
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 04 Jul 2013
Colin Busby and William B. P. Robson
C.D. Howe Institute and C.D. Howe Institute
Downloads 5 (533,991)

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Healthcare, Social Policy, Health Policy, Aging Population, New Brunswick

47.

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

C.D. Howe Institute e-brief 146
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 30 Jun 2013 Last Revised: 02 Jul 2013
Colin Busby and William B. P. Robson
C.D. Howe Institute and C.D. Howe Institute
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Healthcare, Social Policy, Health Policy, Aging Population, Saskatchwan

48.

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

C.D. Howe Institute E-brief 144
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 29 Jun 2013 Last Revised: 02 Jul 2013
Colin Busby and William B. P. Robson
C.D. Howe Institute and C.D. Howe Institute
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Healthcare, Social Policy Health Policy, aging population, British Columbia

49.

Ottawa's Secret Debt: The Burden and Risks of Federal Employee Pensions

C.D. Howe Institute ebrief No. 208
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 24 May 2015
William B. P. Robson and Alexandre Laurin
C.D. Howe Institute and C.D. Howe Institute
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Retirement Income and Saving; Pensions

50.

Managing the Cost of Healthcare for an Aging Population: The Fiscal Challenge Quebec Has Yet to Face

C.D. Howe Institute E-brief 149
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 09 Jul 2013
Colin Busby and William B. P. Robson
C.D. Howe Institute and C.D. Howe Institute
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Social Policy, Health Policy, Healthcare, aging population, Quebec

51.

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

C.D. Howe Institute e-brief 151
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 04 Jul 2013
Colin Busby and William B. P. Robson
C.D. Howe Institute and C.D. Howe Institute
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Healthcare, Social Policy, Health Policy, Aging Population, Nova Scotia

52.

Healthcare for an Aging Population: Prince Edward Island's $14 Billion Healthcare Glacier

C.D. Howe Institute e-brief 152
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 04 Jul 2013
Colin Busby and William B. P. Robson
C.D. Howe Institute and C.D. Howe Institute
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Healthcare, Social Policy, Health Policy, Aging Population, Prince Edward Island

53.

Challenges, Growth and Opportunity: A Shadow Federal Budget for 2015

C.D. Howe Institute Commentary No. 423
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 19 Apr 2015
William B. P. Robson and Alexandre Laurin
C.D. Howe Institute and C.D. Howe Institute
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Fiscal Policy, Tax Competitiveness

54.

Equipping Canadian Workers: Business Investment Loses a Step Against Competitors Abroad

C.D. Howe Institute E-brief 167
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 12 Nov 2013
Benjamin Dachis and William B. P. Robson
C.D. Howe Institute and C.D. Howe Institute
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Economic Growth and Innovation

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

C.D. Howe Institute e-brief 147
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 30 Jun 2013 Last Revised: 02 Jul 2013
Colin Busby and William B. P. Robson
C.D. Howe Institute and C.D. Howe Institute
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Healthcare, Social Policy, Health Policy, Aging Population, Manitoba

56.

The Numbers Game: Rating the Fiscal Accountability of Canada’s Senior Governments, 2018

C.D. Howe Institute Commentary 511
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 17 May 2018
William B. P. Robson and Farah Omran
C.D. Howe Institute and C.D. Howe Institute
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Fiscal and Tax Policy; Federal Budgets; Program Spending and Evaluation; Provincial Taxation and Budgets; Role and Efficiency of Government; Transparency of Public Finances

57.

Healthcare Costs in Canada: Stopping Bad News Getting Worse

C.D. Howe Institute e-Brief 275
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 26 Apr 2018
William B. P. Robson
C.D. Howe Institute
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Health Care Spending

58.

Inflated Expectations: More Immigrants Can't Solve Canada's Aging Problem on Their Own

C.D. Howe Institute e-brief 274
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 15 Mar 2018
William B. P. Robson and Parisa Mahboubi
C.D. Howe Institute and C.D. Howe Institute
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Population Trends

59.

Righting the Course: A Shadow Federal Budget for 2018

C.D. Howe Institute Commentary 503
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 08 Mar 2018
William B. P. Robson, Alexandre Laurin and Rosalie Wyonch
C.D. Howe Institute, C.D. Howe Institute and C.D. Howe Institute
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Fiscal and Tax Policy

60.

Fuzzy Finances: Grading the Financial Reports of Canada's Municipalities

C.D. Howe Institute Commentary 496
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 06 Dec 2017
Benjamin Dachis, William B. P. Robson and Farah Omran
C.D. Howe Institute, C.D. Howe Institute and C.D. Howe Institute
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Fiscal and Tax Policy

61.

The Fiscal Implications of Canadians’ Working Longer

C.D. Howe Institute e-brief 268
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 27 Nov 2017
William B. P. Robson, Colin Busby and Aaron Jacobs
C.D. Howe Institute, C.D. Howe Institute and C.D. Howe Institute
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Health, Fiscal and Tax Policy

62.

Rethinking Limits on Tax-Deferred Retirement Savings in Canada

C.D. Howe Institute Commentary 495; ISBN: 978-1-987983-46-3
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 11 Nov 2017
William B. P. Robson
C.D. Howe Institute
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Retirement Saving and Income

63.

Premium Compensation: The Ballooning Cost of Federal Government Employees

C.D. Howe Institute e-brief No. 258
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 13 May 2017
Alexandre Laurin and William B. P. Robson
C.D. Howe Institute and C.D. Howe Institute
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Retirement Saving and Income

64.

Numbers You Can Trust? The Fiscal Accountability of Canada's Senior Governments, 2017

C.D. Howe Institute Commentary 476
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 27 Apr 2017
William B. P. Robson and Colin Busby
C.D. Howe Institute and C.D. Howe Institute
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Fiscal and Tax Policy

65.

Bigger CPP, Bigger Risks: What 'Fully Funded' Expansion Means and Doesn't Mean

C.D. Howe Institute ebrief 256
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 05 Apr 2017
William B. P. Robson and Alexandre Laurin
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Retirement Saving and Income

66.

Equipment Failure: Feeble Business Investment Costs Canadians Their Competitive Edge

C.D. Howe Institute e-Brief 255
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 25 Mar 2017
William B. P. Robson, Aaron Jacobs and Benjamin Dachis
C.D. Howe Institute, C.D. Howe Institute and C.D. Howe Institute
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Innovation and Business Growth

67.

Two Sets of Books at City Hall? Grading the Financial Reports of Canada's Cities

C.D. Howe Institute Commentary 460
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 28 Nov 2016
Benjamin Dachis, William B. P. Robson and Jennifer M Tsao
C.D. Howe Institute, C.D. Howe Institute and C.D. Howe Institute
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Public Governance and Accountability

68.

Healthcare Spending Decelerating? Not so Fast!

C.D. Howe Institute ebrief 246
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 23 Sep 2016
William B. P. Robson
C.D. Howe Institute
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Health Policy

69.

Worse Than It Looks: The True Burden and Risks of Federal Employee Pension Plans

C.D. Howe Institute Commentary No. 449
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 06 May 2016
William B. P. Robson and Alexandre Laurin
C.D. Howe Institute and C.D. Howe Institute
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Retirement Income and Saving

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Controlling the Public Purse: The Fiscal Accountability of Canada's Senior Governments, 2016

C.D. Howe Institute Commentary 448
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 19 Apr 2016
Colin Busby and William B. P. Robson
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Fiscal and Tax Policy

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Where the Bucks Stop: A Shadow Federal Budget for 2016

C.D. Howe Institute Commentary 447
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 19 Mar 2016
William B. P. Robson and Alexandre Laurin
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Fiscal and Tax Policy

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A Crisis of Capital: Canadian Workers Need More Tools, Buildings and Equipment

C.D. Howe Institute ebrief 223
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 17 Dec 2015
Benjamin Dachis, William B. P. Robson and Aaron Jacobs
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Innovation and Business Growth

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Building Better Budgets: Canada's Cities Should Clean Up Their Financial Reporting

C.D. Howe Institute Commentary 439
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 24 Nov 2015
Benjamin Dachis and William B. P. Robson
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Public Governance and Accountability

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Blown Budgets: Canada's Senior Governments Need Better Fiscal Controls

C.D. Howe Institute Commentary 512
Number of pages: 24
William B. P. Robson and Farah Omran
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Fiscal and Tax Policy; Federal Budgets;Government Debt and Deficits;Program Spending and Evaluation;Provincial Taxation and Budgets;Transparency of Public Finances