Media Releases

Dec. 13, 2011 - The federal government’s unfunded  liabilities for its employee pension plans  total $227 billion, far more than reported, according to a report released today by the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Ottawa’s Pension Gap: The Growing and Under-reported Cost of Federal Employee…

Dec. 6, 2011 -  Robust business investment in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Newfoundland and Labrador continues to outstrip the poor performances of other provinces, according to a report released today by the C.D. Howe Institute. In “The Retooling Challenge: Canada’s Struggle to Close the…

December 1, 2011 — The C.D. Howe Institute’s Monetary Policy Council (MPC) today recommended that the Bank of Canada maintain its target for the overnight rate, the very short-term interest rate the Bank targets for monetary policy purposes, at 1.00 percent at its next announcement on…

Dec. 1, 2011  - Ottawa should transform the Investment Canada Act to create a broader, more transparent foreign investment review regime to encourage investment inflows while protecting Canadian national interests, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute.  In "…