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The Brief | July 12, 2025

  • Intelligence Memos
A smarter, leaner regulatory regime is essential for Canada’s ability to thrive
Heather Scoffield
  • Intelligence Memos
Bridging Canada’s infrastructure gap – how do we finance it?
Sebastien Betermier
  • Opinions & Editorials
Ottawa needs to review all its spending, not just a third of it
Alexandre Laurin, John Lester

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

Roadmap for Retirement: The Case for a National Pension Dashboard

Kathryn Bush
  • Financial Services and Regulation, Retirement Saving and Income
  • Research

Toolkit of Economic Indicators

  • Financial Services and Regulation, Monetary Policy
  • Research

The Fiscal Update the Government Should Have Produced, and the Budget Canada Needs

Don Drummond, Alexandre Laurin, William B.P. Robson
  • Fiscal and Tax Policy
How do we safeguard prosperity economic sovereignty canada
  • Policy To the Point

A Strong, Secure and Sovereign Canada

  • Trade and International Policy
  • Research

The Price of Over-Regulation: Assessing the Impact of Rate Controls on Auto Insurance Market Flexibility in Canada

Gherardo Caracciolo
  • Financial Services and Regulation, Industry Regulation and Competition Policy
  • Research

Urgency and Caution: Charting a Careful Path to the CUSMA Review

Meredith Lilly
  • Trade and International Policy
  • Research

Clearing the Air: The Taxation and Regulation of Reduced-Harm Nicotine Products

Samuel Hampsher-Monk, Ian Irvine
  • Fiscal and Tax Policy, Industry Regulation and Competition Policy
  • Research

Guns for Butter: A Continental Pact for Security and Prosperity

James Pierlot
  • Trade and International Policy
  • Council Reports

“Not Normal Times”: Council Recommends Holding Buffer at 3.5 Percent Amid Rising Economic Uncertainty

  • Financial Services and Regulation
Intelligence Memos
Playing With Trade Talk Fire on Supply Management
Colin Busby, William B.P. Robson, Daniel Schwanen
Why Set Immigration Targets Canada Can’t Meet?
Parisa Mahboubi
Provinces Need to Play if Internal Trade Barriers are to Fall
Daniel Schwanen
Opinion / Editorial
Why have a target for cutting temporary immigration if Canada can’t meet it?
Parisa Mahboubi
New supply management law ties the hands of our trade negotiators
Colin Busby, William B.P. Robson, Daniel Schwanen
Ottawa should stop capping lender interest rates
Jeremy Kronick
Podcasts
Interprovincial Trade Progress with Ryan Manucha
Banking on Infrastructure Banks with Sebastien Betermier
Energy Independence with Travis Toews and Rory Johnston
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Directors of Wealth Management, Richardson GMP Limited

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Anindya Sen

Professor of Economics and Director of the Master of Public Service, University of Waterloo

I am pleased to continue my work with the C.D. Howe Institute. The Institute has allowed me to conduct research on a wide array of policy questions and communicate important findings to the public. I look forward to future research projects.

Richard Legault

President & CEO, Brookfield Renewable Power

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Timothy Hodgson

Minister of Energy and Natural Resources

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Robert Ghiz

Former Premier of Prince Edward Island

The C.D Howe Institute has a longstanding tradition of improving the standard of living for Canadians from coast to coast by fostering sound economic and social policy.

Fred Horne

Senior Fellow

The C.D. Howe Institute has always been one of Canada’s most trusted sources for research and policy analysis of the highest caliber. What is perhaps less acknowledged is the leadership the Institute provides to convene experts and decision-makers to debate practical policy options that address Canada’s most pressing challenges. I am honoured to further my association with C.D. Howe Institute through this appointment.

Arthur Sweetman

Ontario Research Chair in Health Human Resources, McMaster University

The C.D. Howe Institute makes crucial contributions to public policy discussion in Canada and is a key voice in continuously improving Canadian society.

Jennifer Zelmer

President, Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement

Now more than ever, the importance of rapidly convening leaders with a range of expertise and perspectives to respond to emerging policy challenges is clear. I’m pleased to continue connecting with colleagues across the country via the C.D. Howe Institute’s programs.

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President, Kilwaughter Consulting

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The Hon. Bill Morneau

Former Minister of Finance

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David R. Johnson

Professor of Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University

I have always tried to focus my research on areas with direct application to public policy,” said Johnson. “The C.D. Howe Institute has been a great partner in pursuing my interests.

Peter van Dijk

PwC National Tax Policy Leader – Canada, PwC Canada

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Edmund Clark

Former Group President and CEO, TD Bank Group

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Kevin Milligan

Fellow-in-Residence (On Leave)

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Shawn Graham

Former Premier of New Brunswick

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Latest Videos

  • Trade and International Policy
Interprovincial Trade Progress with Ryan Manucha
In the age of tariffs, it’s now or never, and Ottawa needs to accelerate the breaking-down of inter-provincial trade barriers. Institute trade expert and research fellow Ryan Manucha tells Michael Hainsworth that there’s been progress, but not enough.
  • Public Investments and Infrastructure, Trade and International Policy
CBC’s Andrew Nichols speaks to James Pierlot on what the 5 per cent GDP means for Canada-U.S. trade
Banking on Infrastructure Banks with Sebastien Betermier
  • Energy and Natural Resources
Energy Independence with Travis Toews and Rory Johnston
  • Fiscal and Tax Policy
Canada’s Municipal Class Clowns? with Bill Robson and Nick Dahir
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Graphic Intelligence

Income Tax Reliance Up Nearly 25% From 2010-2023, Outpacing Other Tax Bases

Between 2010 and 2023, the reliance of Canada’s federal, provincial, and local governments on income…

Housing Stock Per Capita Rising as Immigrations Slows

The unprecedented surge in population growth following the pandemic exacerbated Canada’s housing shortage. However, recent…

More to do: Lagging the United States severely from 2000 to 2010, Canada’s manufacturing productivity growth has caught up partially since then.

US manufacturing productivity growth has been dismal since the “Great Recession” of 2007-09, with the…
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In the News

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  • Business Intelligence for B.C.

Opinion: Fast-tracking legislation misses the real fix for Canada’s red-tape woes

  • June 30, 2025
Underequipped: How Weak Capital Investment Hurts Canadian Prosperity and What to Do about It
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  • The Hamilton Independent

City of Hamilton budget transparency and accountability the worst in Canada: C.D. Howe Institute

  • June 30, 2025
Could Do Better: Grading the Fiscal Accountability of Canada’s Municipalities, 2024
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  • The Globe and Mail

Provinces have so far failed to prepare for boomers’ medical costs, but it’s not too late

  • June 30, 2025
Another Day Older and Deeper in Debt: The Fiscal Implications of Demographic Change for Ottawa and the Provinces
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  • The Globe and Mail

Bill protecting supply management from trade negotiations to become law

  • June 30, 2025
Shooting Ourselves in the Trade Foot. Again.
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  • National Post

FIRST READING: How Canada’s dairy cartel keeps fumbling our foreign trade negotiations

  • June 30, 2025
Shooting Ourselves in the Trade Foot. Again.
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  • The Globe and Mail

Business Brief: The rearming of Canada

  • June 26, 2025
Where’s the economic calculus in Canada’s bold new defence pivot?
Vehicles sit in deep water in a shopping mall parking lot after a river overflows following record breaking rainfall.
  • Calgary Herald

Alberta auto insurers slower to respond to risk than other Prairie provinces, says report

  • June 26, 2025
The Price of Over-Regulation: Assessing the Impact of Rate Controls on Auto Insurance Market Flexibility in Canada
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  • Financial Post

Gwyn Morgan: A former central banker should be more careful with our money

  • June 25, 2025
Underequipped: How Weak Capital Investment Hurts Canadian Prosperity and What to Do about It
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  • The Niagara Independent

The key to managing Trump in a North American context may be Canada-Mexico relations

  • June 24, 2025
Urgency and Caution: Charting a Careful Path to the CUSMA Review
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  • The Hamilton Spectator

Opinion | What is Hamilton doing to address lack of trust in city hall?

  • May 1, 2025
Putting Canada’s Economy First: The C.D. Howe Institute’s 2025 Shadow Budget
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  • MoneySense

The price of a trade war? Gen Z might be paying for decades

  • April 30, 2025
Don Drummond
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  • CBC News

N.B. premier’s internal trade moves don’t touch industry protection

  • April 28, 2025
Eyes on the Prize: A Game Plan to Speed Up Removal of Internal Trade Barriers in Canada
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Upcoming Events

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The Seventh Regent Debate

Fairmont Royal York, Canadian Room, 100 Front St W, Toronto ON
  • Oct 21, 2025
  • 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
  • Energy and Natural Resources, Roundtable Luncheons

(SOLD OUT) The Honourable Stephen Lecce, Ontario Minister of Energy and Mines

C.D. Howe Institute, 67 Yonge Street, Suite 300, Toronto ON
  • Jul 15, 2025
  • 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
  • Featured Event, Public Governance and Accountability, Roundtable Luncheons

Daniel Rogers, Director, Canadian Security Intelligence Services (CSIS)

C.D. Howe Institute, 67 Yonge Street, Suite 300, Toronto ON
  • Jul 16, 2025
  • 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
  • Signature Events

The Seventh Regent Debate

Fairmont Royal York, Canadian Room, 100 Front St W, Toronto ON
  • Oct 21, 2025
  • 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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