Media Releases

May 18, 2016 - Improvements, not an overhaul, are needed for Employment Insurance (EI) eligibility, states a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Unequal Access: Making Sense of EI Eligibility Rules and How to Improve Them,” authors David Gray and Colin Busby find that the degree of…

May 16, 2016 – William Robson, President and CEO of the C.D. Howe Institute, announces the appointment of Adam F. Fanaki, Partner at Davies, Ward, Phillips & Vineberg LLP, as Co-Chair of the Institute’s Competition Policy Council.

“Adam is an outstanding authority on competition…

May 11, 2016 – A flaw in the design of the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP) could unfairly penalize employers as well as the people the plan intends to help, according to a new C.D. Howe Institute report. In “DC Plans and the ORPP: Why Fees Matter,” authors James Pierlot and Barry Gros…

May 9, 2016 – William Robson, President and CEO of the C.D. Howe Institute, announces the re-appointment of Paul R. Masson, former professor at the University of Toronto, as a Research Fellow.

“Paul has a wealth of policy-relevant insights and experience,” commented Robson. “…