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Our Work 2013
  • Course correction: Charting a new road map for Ontario
    Annual Report 12
    November 2013

    Course correction: Charting a new road map for Ontario

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    Annual Report 12
    November 2013
    Course correction: Charting a new road map for Ontario

    For Ontario to close the prosperity gap with its North American peers, it must increase GDP per capita by $8,000. In Course correction: Charting a new road map for Ontario, the Task Force identifies a number of key measures needed in both the public and private sectors to get Ontario’s economy on the right track. The lack of business investment in innovation and productivity enhancing equipment continues to be a problem. Improving labour productivity continues to be a challenge. Without...

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  • Taxing for Growth: A close look at tax policy in Ontario
    Working Paper 18
    October 2013

    Taxing for Growth: A close look at tax policy in Ontario

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    Working Paper 18
    October 2013
    Taxing for Growth: A close look at tax policy in Ontario

    Ontario has improved its tax system markedly in recent years by introducing the harmonized sales tax, phasing out the capital tax, and lowering corporate tax rates. However, many changes can still be made that would benefit individuals, businesses, and government. In Taxing for growth: A close look at tax policy in Ontario, the Institute picks up on its previous recommendations for tax reform in Ontario and examines current policy to identify ways Ontario can create a tax system that spurs...

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  • Untapped potential: Creating a better future for service workers
    Working Paper 17
    October 2013

    Untapped potential: Creating a better future for service workers

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    Working Paper 17
    October 2013
    Untapped potential: Creating a better future for service workers

    A rising number of workers in Toronto are employed in temporary, part-time, low-paying positions in routine-service industries, but there is a way forward.

    Ontario’s economy, and its traditional economic stronghold in the Toronto region are slowly returning to pre-recessionary levels of employment. Yet there has been growing concern about the kinds of jobs the economy is creating. The growing prevalence of “precarious employment” – jobs that are temporary, part-time, with few benefits and low...

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  • Making sense of public dollars: Ontario government revenue, spending and debt
    Working Paper 16
    May 2013

    Making sense of public dollars: Ontario government revenue, spending and debt

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    Working Paper 16
    May 2013
    Making sense of public dollars: Ontario government revenue, spending and debt

    The task of how to improve the Ontario government’s efficiency has become a widespread topic of debate. While most observers have looked at cost-cutting measures and administrative inefficiencies within the government, a central concern is missing from the debate: how to get Ontario back on a path of strong growth. In Making sense of public dollars: Ontario government revenue, spending and debt, the Institute looks at how Ontario’s fiscal policy can be used as a tool for rebuilding and...

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  • Bringing “dead cash” back to life
    White Paper
    February 2013

    Bringing “dead cash” back to life

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    February 2013
    Bringing “dead cash” back to life

    There is a lively public debate about the “dead cash” problem in Canada. People are asking if companies are holding excessive amounts of cash and cash equivalents in reserve. After touching on this issue in the Eleventh Annual Report of the Task Force on Competitiveness, Productivity & Economic Progress, A push for growth, the Institute for Competitiveness & Prosperity has taken a deeper look at the dead cash issue to offer a way forward.

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