Media Releases

September 5, 2019 – The Ontario government should expand and strengthen compensation reform for primary care doctors as it creates new Ontario Health Teams to better coordinate healthcare services, argues a new C.D. Howe Institute report. Such compensation reform is compatible with improving…

August 28, 2019 – After years of relatively robust performance, business investment in Canada has slipped ominously, according to a new report published by the C.D. Howe Institute.

In “Thin Capitalization: Weak Business Investment Undermines Canadian Workers,” author William B.P. Robson…

Toronto, August 27, 2014 – Policymakers should not overreact to perceptions of corporate ‘dead money’, according to a new C.D. Howe Institute report. In “It’s Alive! Corporate Cash and Business Investment,” author Finn Poschmann points out that corporate cash holdings, as a share of output, have…

August 22, 2019 – Low-income Canadian families with children encounter high “all-inclusive” tax rates that could discourage parents from working more or entering the workforce, argues a new C.D. Howe Institute report.

In “The Paycheck Blues: Why Extra Work is often Not Worth the Effort…