How to Build a Skills Lab
A new model of institutional governance in Canada To better align the skills of Canada’s workers with the needs its of employers, significant shortcomings with respect to labour market information need...
View ArticleQ&A Session on the “Gap”
The “gap” is a dollar figure that seeks to measure a province’s aggregate net fiscal contribution or benefit vis-à-vis the rest of the federation. The federal government collects financial resources...
View ArticleThe Road to Paris
Navigating the intergovernmental path to our climate commitments This paper looks at a key reason behind Canada’s persistent failure to meet its self-imposed climate change commitments, and proposes a...
View ArticleBalance of Risks
Vertical Fiscal Imbalance and Fiscal Risk in Canada Provincial governments have responsibility for delivering most of Canada’s important social programs, whereas the federal government has the...
View ArticlePortraits 2017
A Fresh Look at Public Opinion and Federalism This sesquicentennial year has provided Canadians with an opportunity to celebrate their country’s achievements, to consider how it has changed and to...
View ArticleRisk-sharing, not equalization, is failing Alberta
In the weeks leading up to Family Day, Canada’s governments did what many families often do: argue about money. This year’s quibble focused on the Equalization program – and largely missed the mark.
View ArticleFederal budget 2018: Now the hard work begins
The 2018 federal budget contained many positives. Action on gender inequality and the gender wage gap, on research underfunding, and on many other items was long in coming.
View ArticleA Fair Fiscal Deal: Key Takeaways
Over many years, the Mowat Centre’s research has documented the fact that Ontarians receive far less in federal spending than they send to the federal government in tax revenue. Newly released data...
View ArticleA Fair Fiscal Deal
Towards a more principled allocation of federal transfers Over the ten years from 2007 to 2016, Ontarians paid a total of $96.3 billion more in federal taxes than they received in federal spending. In...
View ArticleHow unfair is Ottawa to the provinces? Equalization isn’t the half of it
One unfair fiscal transfer has resulted in Ontarians over-contributing to EI by nearly $12 billion over the last 10 years
View ArticlePrescribing Federalism: Key Takeaways
The federal government is deciding how to proceed on national pharmacare. Whatever path it chooses, federal action on pharmacare will need to carefully consider its interactions with an existing...
View ArticlePrescribing Federalism
The intergovernmental implications of a national pharmacare program The federal government is currently choosing its approach on national pharmacare. New Mowat research finds that the success of any...
View ArticleNational pharmacare has to overcome intergovernmental hurdles. Can it?
How much Canadians pay for prescription drugs depends very much on where they live. Middle-income residents of Prince Edward Island facing an expensive drug treatment has to cover the first $4,400 with...
View ArticleDeconstructing the Gap
Quantifying the impact of unprincipled allocations of federal transfers to Ontario The majority of federal government spending comes in the form of transfer payments to Canada’s provinces and citizens....
View ArticleCome federal budget time, spare a thought for Canada’s unprincipled transfers
The federal government will issue its 2019 budget on March 19th. As always, the majority of federal spending will come in the form of transfer payments to Canada’s provinces and citizens. And the...
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