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The Exit Interview: Bill Robson on Canada’s Economy, Policy, and the Future of Debate

  • Innovation and Business Growth
  • Podcasts

The Exit Interview: Bill Robson on Canada’s Economy, Policy, and the Future of Debate

After almost 40 years at the C.D. Howe Institute,…
  • Innovation and Business Growth

Why Canadian Students Still Can’t Do Basic Math ft. Prof Anna Stokke

  • Education, Skills and Labour Market
  • Podcasts

Why Canadian Students Still Can’t Do Basic Math ft. Prof Anna Stokke

Canada’s kids are being outperformed by many of their…
  • Education, Skills and Labour Market
Incoming Interjurisdictional Employees as a Share of Total Employment, by Province
  • Graphic Intelligence

Provincial Labour Markets Are More Interconnected Than 20 Years Ago

  • Education, Skills and Labour Market
  • Research

The Missing Pillar of Canada’s AI Strategy: Data Supply Chains

Anindya Sen
  • Industry Regulation and Competition Policy, Innovation and Business Growth

‘The Old Days Are Over’: Canada’s Chief of Defence on NATO, the Arctic & Uncertainty

  • Public Investments and Infrastructure
  • Podcasts

‘The Old Days Are Over’: Canada’s Chief of Defence on NATO, the Arctic & Uncertainty

How will Canada’s new Defence Investment Agency strengthen our…
  • Public Investments and Infrastructure
Change in the Share of Elective Surgeries Meeting Wait Time Benchmarks, 2023-2024
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Elective Surgery Wait Times in Canada: Uneven Progress in 2024

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Intelligence Memos

Ontario Stops Deepening its Universities’ Financial Pit
Don Drummond
Education, Skills and Labour Market
March 6, 2026
Intelligence Memos

The High Cost of Misunderstanding Economics in Policy Decisions
Jerome Gessaroli
Public Governance and Accountability
January 21, 2026
Intelligence Memos

Slimmer Budgets, Please, and Put the Numbers Up Front
Nicholas Dahir, William B.P. Robson
Public Governance and Accountability
December 22, 2025
Opinions & Editorials

Please, Santa, what Canada needs for Christmas is slimmer budgets
Nicholas Dahir, William B.P. Robson
Fiscal and Tax Policy
December 18, 2025
Videos

What Canadians Don’t Know About Canada Post’s Billion-Dollar Problem with Glen Hodgson
Public Governance and Accountability
December 4, 2025
Podcasts

What Canadians Don’t Know About Canada Post’s Billion-Dollar Problem with Glen Hodgson
Public Governance and Accountability
December 4, 2025
Opinions & Editorials

Canada’s ZEV mandate will leave 450,000 drivers stranded
Brian Livingston
Energy and Natural Resources
November 17, 2025
Intelligence Memos

After the Budget: Time for Hard Hats and Signs of Progress
David Jones
Fiscal and Tax Policy
November 17, 2025
Intelligence Memos

Budget 2025 and the worsening public service executive to rank and file ratio
Eugene Lang, Brigid Waddingham
Public Governance and Accountability
November 13, 2025
Intelligence Memos

Rosy Forecasts and Weak Fiscal Anchors in This ‘Generational’ Budget
Colin Busby, Don Drummond, Alexandre Laurin
Fiscal and Tax Policy
November 12, 2025
Research

Making the Grade: The Fiscal Accountability Report Card for Canada’s Senior Governments, 2025
Nicholas Dahir, William B.P. Robson
Fiscal and Tax Policy
October 23, 2025
Intelligence Memos

Governments Need to Create Winning Conditions, and Not Pick Winners
Janice MacKinnon
Public Governance and Accountability
October 21, 2025
Intelligence Memos

Peter Howitt’s Economic Policy Contributions at the C.D. Howe Institute
Colin Busby
Public Governance and Accountability
October 15, 2025
Graphic Intelligence

Crowding Out Growth: Why Government Spending Must Make Room for Investment
Fiscal and Tax Policy
October 9, 2025
Intelligence Memos

Beware the False Comfort in PBO Deficit Projections
Don Drummond, Alexandre Laurin, William B.P. Robson
Fiscal and Tax Policy
October 7, 2025
Intelligence Memos

Postal Transformation is a Litmus Test for Ottawa
Les Viner
Public Governance and Accountability
October 6, 2025
Intelligence Memos

Bill C-5 – Pros, Cons, and Options for Domestic Investors
Sander Duncanson, Brad Gilmour
Industry Regulation and Competition Policy
October 3, 2025
Intelligence Memos

Restoring Credibility to Canada’s Climate Change Policies and Targets
Lennie Kaplan
Industry Regulation and Competition Policy
September 30, 2025
Intelligence Memos

Public Service Cuts Coming: Here’s How to Do It Well
Michael Wernick
Public Governance and Accountability
September 16, 2025
Videos

What Canadians Can Expect From Parliament This Fall with Paul Wells and Colin Busby
Fiscal and Tax Policy
September 15, 2025
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The Exit Interview: Bill Robson on Canada’s Economy, Policy, and the Future of Debate
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Why Canadian Students Still Can’t Do Basic Math ft. Prof Anna Stokke
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‘The Old Days Are Over’: Canada’s Chief of Defence on NATO, the Arctic & Uncertainty
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Bank of Canada Holds Interest Rates as CUSMA Looms – Economists Break It Down
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