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Oct 24

Transcript of remarks by former Canadian Ambassador to China David Mulroney

The C.D. Howe Institute has posted the transcript of former Ambassador David Mulroney’s speech to the C.D. Howe Institute on Canada-China relations. He made the remarks at the Institute’s 2012 Annual Calgary Policy Dinner, held on October 24, 2012.

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Jun 27

Holding Canada’s Cities to Account: An Assessment of Municipal Fiscal Management

Nov 24

Testimony by the C.D. Howe Institute’s Daniel Schwanen to the House of Commons Standing Committee on International Trade

Opening Statement of a presentation by Daniel Schwanen, Associate Vice-President, Trade and International Policy, C.D. Howe Institute, presented at the invitation of the Standing Committee on International Trade of the House of Commons.

THE CETA NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE EUROPEAN UNION: A STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITY FOR CANADA

I appreciate the opportunity to appear before the committee.

Much of what I will say draws on a …

Nov 17

Therapy or Surgery? A Prescription for Canada’s Health System

Leading economist Don Drummond lays out “palatable” options to improve Canada’s healthcare system, with broad public support, in a report released today by the C.D. Howe Institute. In "Therapy or Surgery? A Prescription for Canada’s Health System," Mr. Drummond, Senior Fellow at the Institute and the Matthews Fellow in Global Public Policy at Queen’s University, provides a diagnosis, prognosis and prescription for reform of the healthcare system, with a focus on Ontario.

Oct 18

The Diminishing Quality of Ontario’s Universities: Can the System be Fixed?

The following remarks were delivered by Dr. Harvey Weingarten,  President & CEO of the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (HEQCO)  at the C.D. Howe Institute on October 18, 2011:

Canada has a good, likely very good, public postsecondary system. But, the importance of a robust, high quality and productive postsecondary sector is so critical to the future of Canada that we should aspire to nothing short of a great system. That’s what other nations…