Media Releases

Nov. 23, 2011– A new study from the C.D. Howe institute lifts the veil on opaque budgeting and routinely missed spending targets in Canada’s major cities. In “Holding Canada’s Cities to Account: An Assessment of Municipal Fiscal Management,” Benjamin Dachis and William Robson report…

Nov.17, 2011 –   Leading economist Don Drummond lays out “palatable” options to improve Canada’s healthcare system, with broad public support, in a report released today by the C.D. Howe Institute. In Therapy or Surgery? A Prescription for Canada’s Health System, Mr. Drummond…

November 10, 2011 – The Competition Bureau should better define and clarify its legal view on when ordinary business practices or strategic alliances will be treated as offences and subject to civil review or criminal prosecution, according to a report released today by the C.D. Howe Institute.…

Nov. 9, 2011 – Sticking with the status quo was only one option under debate among monetary experts in the lead-up to renewal of the Bank of Canada’s inflation-targeting mandate, which was announced by Finance Minister  Jim Flaherty this week.  In…