August 29, 2024 – Canada’s aging population will tighten the budgets of provinces and territories, creating an implicit liability of more than $2 trillion over the next four-and-a-half decades, according to a new C.D. Howe Institute report.
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Read moreAugust 22, 2024 – The federal government’s decision to stop issuing real return bonds in 2022 took the investment community by surprise — and major investors surveyed by the C.D. Howe Institute think Ottawa made a mistake by ending the program.
Real return bonds (RRBs) are indexed…
Read moreAugust 13, 2024 – Over the last decade invisible pipeline bottlenecks cost British Columbians big time – squeezing BC Lower Mainland residents by an estimated $1.5 billion per year prior to the completion of the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe…
Read moreAugust 1, 2024 – The verdict is in: Vacant home taxes can improve housing availability, but not affordability, according to a new C.D. Howe Institute report.
In “Ripple Effects: The Impact of an Empty-Homes Tax on Canada’s Housing Market,” authors Gherardo Gennaro Caracciolo and Enrico…
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