Media Releases

May 7, 2013 – Canada’s Competition Bureau should improve the incentives for cartel members to abandon cartels and report their existence, according to the C.D. Howe Institute’s Competition Policy Council.

Cartels, in the form of agreements among competitors to set prices, rig bids, or…

May 1, 2013 – Outdated provincial regulations are needlessly limiting the number of apprenticeship opportunities available to trades workers, according to a report today from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Access Denied: The Effect of Apprenticeship Restrictions in Skilled Trades,” authors Robbie…

April 25, 2013 – Canada should consider adopting an “Innovation Box” approach to encourage business investment in innovative processes that improve productivity, growth, and incomes, according to a new report released from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Improving the Tax Treatment of Intellectual…

April 17, 2013 – The dismal performance of Canada relative to other OECD countries on measures of wait times and access to hospitals underlines the need for rethinking the way hospitals are funded, according to a report released today by the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Paying for Hospital Services…