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A Crisis of Capital: Canadian Workers Need More Tools, Buildings and Equipment 0 0 0 3 0 1 3 20
Accounting for and Thinking about Social Security Liabilities in Canada 0 0 0 11 3 6 7 107
An Aging Population Fiscal Challenge: Planning for Healthcare Costs in Quebec 0 0 0 18 0 2 2 56
Bending Canada's Healthcare Cost Curve: Watch Not What Governments Say, But What They Do 0 0 0 55 0 5 6 84
Bigger CPP, Bigger Risks: What “Fully Funded” Expansion Means and Doesn’t Mean 0 0 0 15 0 2 5 26
Boomer Bulge: Dealing with the Stress of Demographic Change on Government Budgets in Canada 0 0 0 74 0 3 5 319
Capital Needed: Canada Needs More Robust Business Investment 0 0 0 11 1 5 8 36
Delivering Healthcare to an Aging Population: Nova Scotia’s Fiscal Glacier 0 0 0 43 0 2 4 90
Disarmed and Disadvantaged: Canada’s Workers Need More Physical Capital to Confront the Productivity Challenge 0 0 0 30 2 9 12 162
Drawing Down Our Savings: The Prospects for RRIF Holders Following the 2015 Federal Budget 0 0 0 7 0 6 8 28
Endogenous Buffer Stock Money 0 1 1 9 0 3 3 19
Equipment Failure: Feeble Business Investment Costs Canadians their Competitive Edge 0 0 0 11 0 2 3 17
Equipping Canadian Workers: Business Investment Loses a Step against Competitors Abroad 0 0 0 11 0 3 5 34
Federal Employee Pension Reforms: First Steps - on a Much Longer Journey 0 0 0 17 1 6 7 42
Found Money: Matching Canadians' Saving with Their Infrastructure Needs 0 0 1 8 1 2 4 96
From Living Well to Working Well: Raising Canada's Performance in Non-residential Investment 0 0 0 8 2 9 11 67
Give Canadian Workers the Tools to do the Job! Why Canada Needs More Robust Capital Investment 0 0 1 16 0 6 11 112
Healthcare Costs in Canada: Stopping Bad News Getting Worse 0 0 0 64 1 15 17 52
Healthcare Spending Decelerating? Not so Fast! 0 0 0 32 0 6 9 30
Healthcare Spending Overshoots a Threat to Sustainability 0 0 0 4 1 3 4 37
Healthcare and an Aging Population: Managing Slow-Growing Revenues and Rising Health Spending in British Columbia 0 0 0 9 2 5 6 39
Inflated Expectations: More Immigrants Can’t Solve Canada’s Aging Problem on Their Own 0 0 0 43 0 7 8 60
Lasting Bang for the Stimulus Buck: Priorities for the 2009 Federal Budget 0 0 0 37 1 6 6 119
Managing Healthcare for an Aging Population: Are Demographics a Fiscal Iceberg for Newfoundland and Labrador? 1 1 1 100 2 7 12 193
Managing Healthcare for an Aging Population: Does the Demographic Glacier Portend a Fiscal Ice-Age in Ontario? 0 0 0 55 0 13 18 98
Managing Healthcare for an Aging Population: How Alberta Can Confront its Coming Fiscal Challenge 0 0 0 42 0 4 5 43
Managing Healthcare for an Aging Population: How Manitoba Can Confront Its Healthcare Glacier 0 0 0 13 0 2 2 50
Managing Healthcare for an Aging Population: New Brunswick’s $78 Billion Question 0 0 0 49 0 4 4 33
Managing Healthcare for an Aging Population: Ontario’s Troubling Collision Course 0 0 0 18 0 4 4 57
Managing Healthcare for an Aging Population: Prince Edward Island’s $14 Billion Healthcare Glacier 0 0 0 49 0 3 6 41
Managing Healthcare for an Aging Population: Some Good News and Some Bad News for Saskatchewan 0 0 0 46 0 3 6 51
Managing Healthcare for an Aging Population: The Fiscal Challenge Quebec Has Yet to Face 0 0 0 53 0 3 5 50
Managing healthcare for an aging population: will demographics push Newfoundland and Labrador into a fiscal deep freeze? 0 0 0 50 0 4 5 52
Managing the Cost of Healthcare for an Aging Population: British Columbia Confronts its Glacier 0 0 0 46 0 2 5 43
Managing the Cost of Healthcare for an Aging Population: Manitoba’s Looming Funding Gap 0 0 0 36 1 2 4 34
Managing the Cost of Healthcare for an Aging Population: Nova Scotia’s Healthcare Glacier 0 0 0 55 0 7 8 39
Managing the Cost of Healthcare for an Aging Population: Prince Edward Island’s $13 Billion Healthcare Squeeze 0 0 0 16 0 4 11 68
Managing the Costs of Healthcare for an Aging Population: Good—and Bad—News About Saskatchewan’s Fiscal Glacier 0 0 0 9 0 3 4 41
Managing the Costs of Healthcare for an Aging Population: How Alberta Can Confront its Fiscal Glacier 0 0 0 6 0 3 3 36
Managing the Costs of Healthcare for an Aging Population: The Fiscal Impact of New Brunswick’s Demographic Glacier 0 0 0 19 1 3 3 57
Ottawa's Pension Gap: The Growing and Under-reported Cost of Federal Employee Pensions 0 0 0 19 0 4 4 102
Ottawa's Secret Debt: The Burden and Risks of Federal Employee Pensions 0 0 0 4 0 1 3 21
Outliving Our Savings: Registered Retirement Income Funds Rules Need a Big Update 0 0 0 14 0 2 2 56
Premium Compensation: The Ballooning Cost of Federal Government Employees 0 0 0 14 1 11 15 34
Stuck on a Spoke: Proliferating Bilateral Trade Deals are a Dangerous Game for Canada 0 0 1 18 0 2 3 128
The Fiscal Implications of Canadians’ Working Longer 0 0 1 24 1 9 13 34
The Glacier Grinds Closer: How Demographics Will Change Canada’s Fiscal Landscape 0 0 2 92 2 5 8 328
The Public-Sector Pension Bubble: Time to Confront the Unmeasured Cost of Ottawa's Pensions 0 0 0 20 0 0 1 88
The Retooling Challenge: Canada's Struggle to Close the Capital Investment Gap 0 0 0 13 0 2 3 54
Unbalanced Books: How to Improve Toronto’s Fiscal Accountability 0 0 0 23 2 6 9 170
What to do About Seniors' Benefits in Canada: the Case for letting Recipients Take Richer Payments Later 0 0 0 4 1 5 7 49
When Striking an Awkward Balance Means Striking Out: Budget 2011 0 0 0 12 3 9 11 52
Will C-36 Undermine CPP “9.9”? Benefit Enhancement and the Sustainability of the Canada Pension Plan 0 0 0 16 0 5 6 105
Total Working Papers 1 2 8 1,471 29 246 344 3,859


Journal Article File Downloads Abstract Views
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A Faster Track to Fiscal Balance: The 2011 Shadow Budget 0 0 0 15 0 3 3 87
A Social Insurance Model for Pharmacare: Ontario's Options for a More Sustainable, Cost-Effective Drug Program 0 1 1 31 0 6 9 141
Achieving Balance, Spurring Growth: A Shadow Federal Budget for 2012 0 0 0 4 0 2 3 53
Adaptability, Accountability and Sustainability: Intergovernmental Fiscal Arrangements in Canada 0 0 0 3 2 6 10 26
Back to Balance: A Shadow Federal Budget for 2010 0 0 0 29 1 5 5 131
Baffling Budgets: The Sorry State of Municipal Fiscal Accountability in Canada 0 0 2 17 0 6 12 124
Big Spenders: Canada’s Senior Governments Have a Bad Budget Habit 0 0 0 4 6 11 12 37
Blown Budgets: Canada’s Senior Governments Need Better Fiscal Controls 0 0 0 0 1 4 5 24
Building Better Budgets: Canada’s Cities Should Clean Up their Financial Reporting 0 0 0 4 2 7 9 45
By the Numbers: The Fiscal Accountability of Canada's Senior Governments, 2015 0 0 0 10 1 5 5 56
Canada's 2012 Fiscal Accountability Rankings 0 0 0 5 0 9 10 72
Canada’s Looming Retirement Challenge: Will Future Retirees Be Able to Maintain Their Living Standards upon Retirement? 0 0 0 71 1 4 10 297
Challenges, Growth and Opportunity: A Shadow Federal Budget for 2015 0 0 0 9 1 11 14 63
Controlling the Public Purse: The Fiscal Accountability of Canada’s Senior Governments 0 0 1 8 3 4 7 108
Credibility on the (Bottom) Line: The Fiscal Accountability of Canada's Senior Governments, 2013 0 0 1 7 0 3 5 49
Cutting Through Pension Complexity: Easy Steps Forward for the 2010 Federal Budget 0 0 0 5 1 8 8 141
Don’t Double Down on the CPP: Expansion Advocates Understate the Plan’s Risks 0 0 0 9 1 9 12 89
Enduring Virtues: Saving and Investing as National Priorities in 2017 0 0 0 5 1 3 5 59
Equipping Canadians for Success: A Shadow Budget for 2014 0 0 0 3 0 5 7 63
Faster, Younger, Richer? The Fond Hope and Sobering Reality of Immigration's Impact on Canada's Demographic and Economic Future 1 1 2 90 1 4 7 338
Federal Debt Reduction: Choosing Paths 0 0 0 25 1 2 3 217
Fiscal Tonic for an Aging Nation: A Shadow Federal Budget for 2007 0 0 0 7 3 7 9 95
Fixing MP Pensions: Parliamentarians Must Lead Canada's Move to Fairer, and Better-Funded Retirements 0 0 0 10 2 10 15 77
Freeing up Food: The Ongoing Cost, and Potential Reform, of Supply Management 0 0 0 71 1 11 12 253
From A to F: Grading the Fiscal Transparency of Canada’s Cities, 2019 0 0 0 15 0 4 4 56
Fuzzy Finances: Grading the Financial Reports of Canada’s Municipalities 0 0 1 8 1 10 13 69
Getting Real: A Shadow Federal Budget for 2017 0 0 1 3 1 7 11 45
Hidden Spending: The Fiscal Impact of Federal Tax Concessions 0 0 3 22 2 10 17 80
Holding Canada's Cities to Account: an Assessment of Municipal Fiscal Management 0 0 0 11 0 3 11 113
Ill-Defined Benefits: The Uncertain Present and Brighter Future of Employee Pensions in Canada 0 0 0 63 1 9 9 262
Impulse Spending: Canada's 2011 Fiscal Accountability Rankings 0 0 0 5 8 20 20 107
Less Debt, More Growth: A Shadow Federal Budget for 2019 0 0 0 9 0 3 5 49
Missed Targets: Canada's 2007 Fiscal Accountability Ranking 0 0 0 18 0 4 4 102
More RRBs, Please! Why Ottawa Should Issue More Inflation-Indexed Bonds 0 0 0 6 0 4 7 73
Near Hits and Big Misses: Canada's 2009 Fiscal Accountability Rankings 0 0 0 27 2 4 4 141
Numbers You can Trust? The Fiscal Accountability of Canada’s Senior Governments, 2017 0 0 0 2 0 5 6 29
Off the Mark: Canada's 2008 Fiscal Accountability Ranking (also available in French) 0 0 1 9 1 6 8 65
Ottawa's Pension Abyss: The Rapid Hidden Growth of Federal-Employee Retirement Liabilities 0 0 0 5 0 5 7 57
Ottawa’s Hidden Deficit: The Widening Gap between Federal Government Pension Liabilities and Assets 0 0 0 11 1 6 8 49
Prudence and Opportunity: A Shadow Federal Budget for 2013 0 0 0 5 0 7 9 54
Realistic Expectations: Demographics and the Pursuit of Prosperity in Saskatchewan 0 0 0 43 0 9 10 224
Reflections on the Past, Present, and Future of Employer-Sponsored Pension Plans in Canada 0 0 0 44 0 3 3 157
Rethinking Limits on Tax-Deferred Retirement Savings in Canada 0 0 0 9 2 9 70 121
Retiring Employees, Unretired Debt: The Surprising Hidden Cost of Federal Employee Pensions 0 0 0 2 1 9 12 39
Righting the Course: A Shadow Federal Budget for 2018 0 0 0 1 0 6 7 57
Safe Harbours: Providing Protection for Canada's Money-Purchase Plan Sponsors 1 1 1 16 1 6 7 162
Show Us the Numbers: Grading the Financial Reports of Canada’s Municipalities 0 0 0 4 1 5 7 33
Show and Tell: Rating the Fiscal Accountability of Canada’s Senior Governments, 2019 0 0 0 5 1 9 11 45
Steering Through Turbulence: The Shadow Federal Budget for 2008 0 0 0 3 0 4 7 50
Stress Test: Demographic Pressures and Policy Options in Atlantic Canada 0 0 0 40 0 7 10 205
Supersized Superannuation: The Startling Fair-Value Cost of Federal Government Pensions 0 0 0 36 1 4 5 251
Supporting Growth, Restoring Confidence: A Shadow Federal Budget for 2020 0 1 1 4 2 12 14 35
Target Practice Needed: Canada’s 2010 Fiscal Accountability Rankings 0 0 0 7 0 4 5 86
The Costs of Inflexible Indexing: Avoiding the Adverse Fiscal Impacts of Lower Inflation 0 0 0 10 0 6 10 105
The Numbers Game: Rating the Fiscal Accountability of Canada’s Senior Governments 0 0 0 4 2 7 7 50
There is No Try: Sustainable Healthcare Requires Reining in Spending Overshoots 0 0 0 3 1 5 9 42
Thin Capitalization: Weak Business Investment Undermines Canadian Workers 0 0 0 2 2 8 9 36
Time and Money: The Challenge of Demographic Change and Government Finances in Canada 0 0 0 56 3 9 9 198
To the Next Level: From Gold Standard to Inflation Targets - to Price Stability? 0 0 0 57 0 4 4 235
Tooling up: Canada Needs More Robust Capital Investment 0 0 0 4 1 5 7 49
Two Sets of Books at City Hall? Grading the Financial Reports of Canada’s Cities 0 1 1 2 0 5 6 24
What You See is Not What You Get: Budgets versus Results in Canada’s Major Cities, 2019 0 0 0 1 3 7 9 30
Where the Bucks Stop: A Shadow Federal Budget for 2016 0 0 1 4 1 7 12 25
Wild Numbers: Getting Better Fiscal Accountability in Canada’s Municipalities 0 0 0 3 0 3 4 25
Worse Than It Looks: The True Burden and Risks of Federal Employee Pension Plans 0 0 0 4 3 11 15 42
Total Journal Articles 2 5 17 1,025 71 416 609 6,322


Book File Downloads Abstract Views
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Two Percent Target: The Context, Theory, and Practice of Canadian Monetary Policy since 1991 0 0 0 16 1 6 13 55
Total Books 0 0 0 16 1 6 13 55


Chapter File Downloads Abstract Views
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Six Pillars of Social Policy: The State of Pensions and Health Care in Canada 0 0 0 197 1 6 10 2,489
The Canadian Monetary Order: Past, Present, and Prospects 0 0 0 0 1 3 5 7
Total Chapters 0 0 0 197 2 9 15 2,496


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