Media Releases

September 7, 2023 – Policymakers are in the dark when it comes to dealing with the growing number of temporary residents in Canada. The large difference in estimates by Statistics Canada’s Labour Force Survey (LFS) and Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada’s (IRCC) data on Canada’s…

August 9, 2023 – Inflation and taxation are a painful mix. Money losing its purchasing power hurts on its own, but tax provisions that ignore inflation can multiply the pain for earners, savers, and recipients of benefits, says a new C.D. Howe Institute report.

In “Double the Pain: How…

August 1, 2023 – Canadian companies should focus more on marketing and sales tactics to improve growth and productivity rates, according to a new report by the C.D. Howe Institute. Canada has proportionately fewer large firms than other countries and ranks last in producing large manufacturing…

July 20, 2023 – The growth of Canada’s small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) – the engine of our country’s economy – lag behind those in other advanced economies and face hurdles to financing that are dampening their prospects, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute.

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