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$48.3B
The Public Housing Dividend
How alternative GTHA public-housing pathways change outcomes for residents, communities and public systems.
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$6.57B
OMERS Member Social Value
How defined-benefit pension security affects member wellbeing and reliance on public support.
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$150.9B
Burden of Arthritis in Canada
A national assessment connecting arthritis, health-system use, productivity, quality of life and income-equivalent wellbeing.
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CIHR Health Research Impact
How national health-research investment translates into long-run outcomes experienced by Canadians.
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$26.2B
Social Value Cost of GTA Housing Unaffordability
How unaffordable housing affects household wellbeing beyond conventional shelter-cost measures.
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$1.9B / yr
Ontario New-Home Sales-Tax Relief
A temporary tax bridge tested against housing-market dislocation, workforce pressure and fiscal constraints.
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$5.8B
BCI Pension Benefits & Community Economies
How pension payments support retirees, household spending, employment and communities across British Columbia.
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$1.2B
Social Value of Alberta Public Pension Plans
How retirement security across LAPP, PSPP and SFPP translates into member wellbeing.
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$9.36 / $1
Surety Protection Across Canada
How performance and payment bonds protect workers, suppliers, households and public infrastructure from insolvency risk.
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$404M
GTA Asphalt Harmonization
How technical procurement standards propagate through productivity, jobs, businesses and household wellbeing.
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$34.6B
Congestion in the GTHA
The wellbeing cost of congestion alongside wasted time, productivity and wider economic effects.
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$450M
Made-in-Ontario Pumped Hydro Storage
How energy storage creates economic and social value, including distributional effects and Indigenous partnership.
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Up to $550M
Portable Health Benefits for Ontario Workers
How portable benefit designs change worker, household, employer and public-system outcomes.
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70% lower burden
Dementia in Canada, 2020–2050
How delaying dementia onset changes outcomes for people, caregivers, health systems and the economy.
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3.2M families
Potential Reach of Basic Income Programs
How benefit design and funding choices change household and economy-wide outcomes.
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$1.97 GDP / $1
Economic Contribution of the Canada Child Benefit
How family transfers propagate through household income, spending, employment and public revenues.
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680,000 workers
Mental Health in the GTHA Workplace
A person-level simulation connecting mental health with workers, families and regional economic outcomes.
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$1.54B / yr
Pickering Nuclear Continued Operation
How continued station operation affects GDP, employment, wages, public revenues and household affordability.
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200 projects
Canadian P3s and the Value of On-Time Delivery
How timing certainty changes the long-run value created by large public infrastructure portfolios.
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+1.5%
Regional Express Rail and Housing Affordability
How transit access changes commuting costs, housing prices and overall shelter affordability.
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