Investing in science: securing future prosperity

Investing in the future.

The global community should be outraged by the millions of children that either die or are disabled each year because of malnutrition. We know how to prevent and treat it. The missing link is the political will to place nutrition squarely on the development agenda and to commit the necessary resources to implement programs, particularly food fortification, that we know can deliver sustainable i...

Farmland investing: A bright future

The boom in food prices over the past 15 years and associated volatility in food prices has prompted relatively wealthy countries dependent on imports to renew their focus on policies to enhance food security. This has in turn prompted many of them to search for opportunities to secure food supply internationally. Coupled with a depressed yields in other assets such as equities and bonds, the f...

Valuing the past...investing in the future.

Investing in hospitals of the future

Ontario’s Future Prosperity: Issues, Challenges and Recommendations

Ontario as a small open economy has many fiscal levers and programs that could create and enhance its distinctive advantages in the North American global economies. Better tax policies and public services can encourage work, investment and more effective use of resources. In this paper, we examine expenditure and tax policies for Ontario in comparison to some other provinces and the United Stat...