August 29, 2018
Cannabis use creates direct costs for governments, especially in the areas of health care and criminal justice. New analysis from the Mowat Centre shows that following legalization, there is a real risk that overall costs could increase. Read More
August 29, 2018
Cannabis use creates direct costs for governments, especially in the areas of health care and criminal justice. In 2015-16 alone, these costs were an estimated $830.3 million. Read More
February 8, 2017
The Canadian tax system is riddled with tax exemptions and preferences for many different types of income and taxpayer characteristics. These allow people to pay lower rates of tax, or no tax at all, on some types of income. Read More
January 21, 2016
In 2015, the federal and Ontario governments were engaged in a dispute over the federal refusal to cooperate with the administration of the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan. Read More
August 11, 2015
This report for the Social Architecture series looks at how well the retirement income system is serving Canadians, and how it can be improved. Read More
September 18, 2014
This Mowat Note looks at an important but unexpected twist in the story of the federal government’s income splitting proposal. Read More
October 15, 2010
The paper argues that the federal and provincial-territorial governments in Canada are too often unproductively involved in the same policy space. Read More
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