Media Releases

February 18, 2016 – Mandating the National Energy Board (NEB) to weigh upstream greenhouse gas emissions in its pipeline approval process could stretch the federal government’s constitutional authority, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “The National Energy Board’s…

February 16, 2016 – William Robson, President and CEO of the C.D. Howe Institute, announces the appointment of Martin Eichenbaum, the Charles Moskos Professor of economics at Northwestern University, as an International Fellow.

“Professor Eichenbaum is an outstanding macroeconomist,”…

February 11, 2016 – Secondary earners in low-income families, usually the mother, face punishingly high tax burdens, according to the latest report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “The High Cost of Getting Ahead: How Effective Tax Rates Affect Work Decisions by Lower-Income Families,” author…

February 9, 2016 – The Bank of Canada should start preparing for the next financial crisis, according to a new C.D. Howe Institute report. In “Looking for Liquidity: Banking and Emergency Liquidity Facilities,” author Jeremy Kronick urges the Bank (BoC) to establish new permanent liquidity pools…