I’m visiting the Facultad de Economía y Negocios at the Universidad de Chile this week. Today I gave a presentation to faculty and students on the landscape of public finance policy in Canada, using the challenges of population aging as a case study. Thanks to Prof. Pablo Gutierrez for organizing the visit this week. The […]
Notes for my presentation to the 2023 Tax Policy Research Symposium, organized by the Waterloo Centre for Taxation in a Global Economy, University of Waterloo. The symposium was held in Toronto on May 4, 2023. I’m here to give an economist’s view on the General Anti-Avoidance Rule (GAAR). I’m not the one to ask about […]
I was the lunch speaker today at the Ottawa Economics Association / Canadian Association of Business Economists annual Spring policy conference, held in Ottawa. It was a great day of panels and speakers. Here are the slides I presented.Here is all the the data (with sources / URLs).
On April 30th, 2021 I completed my Interchange appointment to the Privy Council Office. I am now back at the Vancouver School of Economics full time.
On June 15th, 2020 I started as Special Advisor (Economic Recovery) to the Clerk of the Privy Council. I look forward to the challenge of helping in the effort to spur a vigorous and inclusive economic recovery. This position is with the Privy Council Office, arranged through an Interchange Agreement between the Government of Canada […]
I’m appearing at the House of Commons Finance Committee at 1pm PDT on Friday April 24th. The topic is “GOVERNMENT’S RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: Panel on Students, Workers and Unemployed.” My comments are below: —- Thank you for the invitation to appear. My brief comments will first address some data, followed by thoughts […]
[PDF version of this letter] My conflict disclosure is here. This is the text of a letter written by me to Liberal policy advisor Tyler Meredith. Re: Basic Personal Amount Tyler Meredith Liberal Party of Canada tmeredith@liberal.ca September 21, 2019 Dear Mr. Meredith, I am writing about your request to provide information about the proposal by […]
[PDF version of this letter] My conflict disclosure is here. This is a letter written by me to Liberal policy advisor Tyler Meredith. Re: Old Age Security Tyler Meredith Liberal Party of Canada tmeredith@liberal.ca September 16, 2019 Dear Mr. Meredith, I am writing about your request to provide information about the proposal by the Liberal […]
Kevin Milligan Professor of Economics UBC Vancouver School of Economics kevin.milligan@ubc.ca May 31, 2019 Discussion of the papers in the CEA session “Promises and Prospects for a Guaranteed Basic Income in Canada / Promesses et perspectives d’un revenu de base garanti au Canada” Basic Income: The good, the bad, and the ugly. Thanks to the […]
Kevin Milligan Professor of Economics, University of British Columbia Testimony to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance: Bill C-97 Opening Statement, via video conference May 9, 2019 Merci pour m’avoir invité. Je m’appelle Kevin Milligan, et je suis professeur d’économie a l’Université de la Colombie-Britannique ici à Vancouver. I am going to direct […]