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The Brief | March 20, 2025

  • Opinions & Editorials
Canadian Workers Need Less Regulation, More Capital
Parisa Mahboubi, Tingting Zhang
  • Intelligence Memos
Provincial Governments are Walking a Tightrope of Fiscal Short-Termism – It’s Time to Get Serious
Matthew McLeish
  • Intelligence Memos
Dollar Weakness is our Best Tariff Defence
William B.P. Robson

Widely considered to be Canada’s most influential think tank, the C.D. Howe Institute is a source of trusted policy intelligence, distinguished by research that is nonpartisan, evidence-based and subject to definitive expert review.

ABOUT THE INSTITUTE

Research & Insights

  • Research

Putting Canada’s Economy First: The C.D. Howe Institute’s 2025 Shadow Budget

Don Drummond, Alexandre Laurin, William B.P. Robson
  • Fiscal and Tax Policy, Public Governance and Accountability
  • Research

2024 Labour Market Review: Challenges, Trends, and Policy Solutions for Canada

Parisa Mahboubi, Tingting Zhang
  • Education, Skills and Labour Market
  • Council Reports

C.D. Howe Institute Monetary Policy Council Calls for Bank of Canada to Cut Overnight Rate to 2.75 Percent Next Week and 2.50 Percent in September

  • Financial Services and Regulation, Monetary Policy
  • Research

Bolstering Canada’s Response to US Trade Threats: Second and Third Meetings of the C.D. Howe Institute Trade Crisis Working Group

  • Trade and International Policy
  • Research

Blurred Vision: How Mortgage Interest Costs Impact Inflation

Steve Ambler, Jeremy Kronick
  • Research

The Immigration Paradox: How an Influx of Newcomers Has Led to Labour Shortages

Pierre Fortin
  • Demographics and Immigration, Education, Skills and Labour Market, Skills and Labour Market
  • Research

Tout le monde à bord : les avantages de trains de passagers plus rapides et plus fréquents entre l’Ontario et le Québec et les coûts des retards

Tasnim Fariha, David Jones
  • Public Investments and Infrastructure
  • Research

All Aboard: The Benefits of Faster, More Frequent Passenger Trains between Ontario and Québec and The Costs of Delay

Tasnim Fariha, David Jones
  • Public Investments and Infrastructure
  • Research

The Growing Data Gap on Canada’s Temporary Resident Workforce

Mikal Skuterud
  • Education, Skills and Labour Market
Intelligence Memos
The Way Forward for Interest Rate Cuts
Steve Ambler, Jeremy Kronick
How to Get Our House in Tariff-War Order
Don Drummond
Holding the Line on Pre-Tariff Pricing
Brian Livingston
Opinion / Editorial
Hard to stomach, but a weak Canadian dollar is our best defence against tariffs
William B.P. Robson
Bank of Canada Made the Right Call to Cut Rates. But Where to From Here?
Steve Ambler, Jeremy Kronick
Rising Immigration Actually Increased Labour Shortages
Pierre Fortin
Podcasts
Pension Tension and the Trump Trade with Claude Lamoureux
Toronto’s Big Smoke (Screen) Budget with Bill Robson and Nick Dahir
Tapping Immigrant Talent with Parisa Mahboubi and Tingting Zhang
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Former Governor, Bank of Canada

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President & CEO, Export Development Canada

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Ron Mock

Former President, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan

I have had a long association with the C.D. Howe Institute, and have had the pleasure to have spoken at functions and contributed to their thought-provoking publications. I am extremely pleased to join such an impressive and important organization.

Gary Doer

Senior Business Advisor, Dentons; former Canadian Ambassador to the United States; former Premier of Manitoba

Since its founding in 1958, the C.D. Howe Institute has been active in economic and social policy issues across Canada.

Dwight Duncan

Senior Strategic Advisor, McMillan LLP; Former Deputy Premier and Minister of Finance, Government of Ontario

From the time I was a student, through my years as Ontario Finance Minister, to the present day; the C.D. Howe Institute has been a thought leader on Canadian public policy. It is a real privilege to be associated with the Institute as it continues to advocate thoughtful debate, and solutions, to a range of society’s most challenging issues.

The Hon. Howard Wetston

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Jim Keohane

Former President & CEO, Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP)

Given the aging of the Canadian population, retirement income security is likely to be one of the most important public policy issues we will face for the next couple of decades. The C. D. Howe Institute has played a leading role in providing a forum to bring together different expert viewpoints on how to evolve public policy in this important area. It is an honour to be given an opportunity to contribute insights into this work.

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Senior Fellow

For decades, the C.D. Howe Institute has been one of Canada’s leading think tanks, contributing enormously to policy debates and inspiring positive reforms for Canadians. I am keen to contribute in areas that I have focused on over 25 years in public life, including immigration, labour markets and skills, fiscal policy, internal trade, and indigenous economic development.

Graham Flack

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Dr. Lawrence H. Summers

Charles W. Eliot University Professor and President Emeritus at Harvard University; Former Treasury Secretary, United States Department of the Treasury; Former Director, National Economic Council

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Former CEO of CPA Canada and Senior Fellow, C.D. Howe Institute

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Jeffrey Simpson

National Affairs Columnist, Globe and Mail

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Glen Hodgson

International and Macro Economist

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Brian Johnston

Corporate Director, Johnston Family Foundation

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Michael Devereux

Royal Bank Professor of International Economics, University of British Columbia

As the premier economics research institute in Canada, the Institute has contributed enormously to our understanding of the Canadian economy and the multiple social, economic and environmental challenges facing the country. I look forward to making further contributions to the C.D. Howe Institute’s research mission.

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Former Minister of Finance

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Latest Videos

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Pension Tension and the Trump Trade with Claude Lamoureux
We’re saying “bye America, buy Canada” amid Donald Trump’s trade war. But even before he returned to office, there has been a growing drumbeat to turn pensions into a policy tool. Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan guru Claude Lamoureux joins host Michael Hainsworth to discuss why forcing a “buy Canadian” strategy won’t work long-term.
  • Fiscal and Tax Policy
Toronto’s Big Smoke (Screen) Budget with Bill Robson and Nick Dahir
  • Health Policy
Do Voters Still Care About Hallway Medicine?
  • Demographics and Immigration
Tapping Immigrant Talent with Parisa Mahboubi and Tingting Zhang
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Graphic Intelligence

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According to the latest available data, many Canadian industries rely heavily on US demand, with…

Canada-US Trade Supports Millions of Jobs

The total number of Canadian jobs tied to our exports to the US has grown…

Surging Federal Workforce, Steady Wage Growth

The number of federal government employees (measured in Full-Time Equivalents) grew sharply from 340,000 in…
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