Today's amount of 25,771 doses compares to an average of 19,432/day over the past week and 17,107/day the week prior.
- Daily pace required for two doses to 75% of Canadians by Sept 2021: 273,960
- At current pace, we reach 75% by Dec 2028
In total, Canada is up to 1.12 million doses administered, which represents 2.96% of Canada's population. This is out of a total of 1.3M vaccine doses available. Of those receiving at least one dose, at least 204k have received two (i.e., are fully vaccinated).
Turning to regions within Canada, here's the latest for each province and territory:
- Highest doses administered per 100 people: NW Terr. at 29.1
- Lowest: NS at 1.9
Each province has seen different rates of progress over time. Here are vaccination rates for provinces (aggregating Atlantic) to illustrate this.
Provinces administer, Feds distribute. Here's the fraction of doses delivered that have been administered. SK leading with 99.9% of delivered doses administered while NU has administered 49.5%.
Note: Shares >100% are due to squeezing 'extra' doses from vaccine vials.
How does Canada compare to others? Currently, Canada ranks 27 out of the 30 OECD countries with data reported.
Today's amount of 21,161 doses compares to an average of 17,567/day over the past week and 19,363/day the week prior.
- Daily pace required for two doses to 75% of Canadians by Sept 2021: 272,749
- At current pace, we reach 75% by Oct 2029
In total, Canada is up to 1.10 million doses administered, which represents 2.89% of Canada's population. This is out of a total of 1.3M vaccine doses available. Of those receiving at least one dose, at least 187k have received two (i.e., are fully vaccinated).
Household debt reaches all time high, but an under-reported statistic is that financial and total assets have also reached new highs. #cdnecon
This matters since many will see the riding debt as a sign over 'overleverage', but this isn't necessarily true. I'll paint a more optimistic picture here.
First, debt as a share of assets are very much in line with historical norms.
Second, the "household debt is 173% of income" headline is correct. But financial assets (which doesn't include homes, for example) is 544% of income!
Big omissions in #ableg Fiscal Update: no recognition of our main fiscal challenge (reliance on resource revenues) and no indication of how we'll move forward.
As @RonKneebone so wisely put it: we have a substance abuse problem. Step 1 to overcoming it: admit we have a problem.
Also, note this isn't a critique of current govt only. Failing to recognize this as a problem is an all-party challenge; former govt did it repeatedly as well.
I'll add that the province is going to need to consider revenue measures. No, not necessarily sales taxes. Gas taxes, a health levy (payroll tax), taking back CTax revenue, changing PIT rate, etc. Lots of options we should consider.
Add up all the indirect effects, you'll get roughly two jobs for every job! And including induced gets really crazy. With not unreasonable assumptions, I can show you oil and gas accounts for infinity percent of Canada's economy.
The $133 billion is the estimate of the gap between current assets and future pension commitments. It isn’t an “unfunded liability” in any sense that matters for the APP discussion. I’ll try to explain. #ableg
The CPP is funded by contributions of current workers and returns on investments. This is because of a sensible reform in the late-90s to ensure CPP is sustainable in the long run.
If we were to stop *ALL* contributions from workers but still pay out pension benefits that people have accumulated/earned then would current assets be enough? No. Does that mean CPP isn’t funded? No. Worker contributions make up the difference!
Recommendation 1 is to reform fiscal stabilization and hold an equalization referendum. Okay, fair enough to debate.
The analysis presented around Recommendation 1, however, is 100% false. It's mistakes like this that undermines the credibility of the panel's work. #ableg
These represent the gaps between federal revenue from Albertans and spending in the province. It's not specifically about equalization. Not at all.
To learn more, I wrote about how to measure such fiscal transfers, and how to account for them by program, for the Canadian Tax Journal here: trevortombe.com/publication/tr…
TL;DR: Gap due to strong econ. And EQ accounts for as much 'transfer' out of Alberta as the GST. #FunFact