Media Releases

July 13, 2016 – Low earners stand to gain little from an expanded Canada Pension Plan (CPP), according to a new C.D. Howe Institute report. In “The Pressing Question: Does CPP Expansion Help Low Earners?”, authors Kevin Milligan and Tammy Schirle show the large differences in the net payoff from…

July 11, 2016 - The C.D. Howe Institute is pleased to join the Global Trade and Innovation Policy Alliance, a new network of think-tanks that highlights and cross-pollinates member organizations’ work on trade, globalization, and innovation policy. The Alliance will look to creating…

July 6, 2016 – The federal government should recognize the limited success of past attempts to achieve healthcare reform with conditional transfers to the provinces and instead focus more on independent initiatives, according to a new C.D. Howe Institute report. In “The Naylor Report and Health…

June 29, 2016 – The Bank of Canada should not squander its hard-won credibility by increasing its target rate of inflation, says a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Toward the Next Renewal of the Inflation-Control Agreement: Questions Facing the Bank of Canada,” author Steve Ambler…