reduce the double-taxation of saving. The main elements of public policy related to pensions in Canada cover these pillars …-pillar metaphor is still a fruitful perspective because it facilitates constructive responses to the pressures confronting Canada … policy”. Based on his examination of Canada’s pension and health-care systems, Robson makes a number of recommendations …

that has occurred in Canada over the past 20 years. Boadway makes the case that the fiscal arrangements have played an … an overall vision is needed. Unfortunately, Canada does not have an institution like the former Economic Council that is …

Income Supplement in 1968 and the reduction in poverty after 1973 to the maturing of the Canada/Quebec Pension Plan regimes … universal medicare. Osberg also finds that relative to the United States, Sweden and the United Kingdom, Canada has done the … best job in boosting the income levels of seniors above the poverty line. In his view, Canada has done a remarkable job in …

hitherto unexploited data from Statistics Canada’s Survey of Consumer Spending to examine the financial circumstances of the … elderly and discusses the implications for the design of Canada’s retirement income system. Hamilton notes that there are five …

Canada or entering the Canadian market through the Internet, that if they do not provide certain low-cost services they will … operating directly in Canada and through the Internet from outside Canada. He regards the merger process as flawed in that it is …

and graduate education have expanded dramatically, leading many more undergraduates to stay in Canada for their graduate … graduate programs, the proportion living outside Canada is and has always been high, reflecting a very international mix of … subsequently living and working in Canada, and especially in British Columbia, is much higher than the share of Canadian citizens …

can be explained by the acceptance of the federal government of the economic argument that Canada had to switch to a value … acceptance of advice from economists. Their conclusion is that if economists want to have a greater influence on policy, they …