March. 3 – William Robson, President and Chief Executive Officer of the C.D. Howe Institute, today announced the appointment of a new member to the Institute’s prestigious Monetary Policy Council (MPC). He is Steve Ambler, an economics professor at the Université du Québec à Montréal.
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Read moreFebruary 3, 2011 – The C.D. Howe Institute today released its 2011 federal Shadow Budget with a five-step plan to end the flow of red ink in Ottawa ahead of the government’s five-year timeline. In A Faster Track to Fiscal Balance: the 2011 Shadow Budget authors William Robson, CEO of the…
Read moreJanuary 31, 2011 – The federal government’s role in mortgage markets is pervasive and should be scaled back, while encouraging more competition in the mortgage insurance business, according to a study released today by the C.D. Howe Institute. In “What Governments Should Do in Mortgage…
Read moreJanuary 27, 2011 – The Bank of Canada should lower its inflation target as part of a new monetary policy agreement due at the end of 2011, according to a study released today by the C.D. Howe Institute. In "Moving Monetary Policy Forward: Why Small Steps – and a Lower Inflation target…
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