Published in Financial Post. Strong math skills are essential for careers that drive the Canadian economy, and early success in math has been shown to predict later academic success and financial earnings. Yet for over a decade Canadian math scores in both the Program of International Student Assessment (PISA) and Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study […]
Published in the Globe and Mail. Ontario’s recent EQAO results show insufficient progress in reading and mathematics. In 2024-25, 36 per cent of Grade 3 students, 49 per cent of Grade 6 students and 42 per cent of Grade 9 students failed to meet provincial math standards, showing little improvement over the last three years despite targeted […]
From: Labour market watchersTo: Lin Al-AkkadRe: Workforce Readiness as Canada Decarbonizes – Skills-Mismatch Risk and Strategic Responses Transitioning from a declining coal-mining town into a growing hydrogen-energy region is already a huge personal leap for workers, but it becomes far tougher when job-training programs, labour-market signals and industry standards keep shifting. To succeed in a […]
The Bank of Canada’s most recent Survey of Consumer Expectations reveals a generational divide in financial stress, with prime working-age Canadians (25–54) reporting a record-high 27 percent probability of missing a future debt payment and nearly half of young Canadians (18–24) expecting to miss a payment. Notably, Canadians 55 and older reported just 0.7 percent. […]
Published in The Hill Times. Imagine a pipeline of workers laid off from one sector, discarded like old parts, while next door a booming green industry sits idle, struggling to hire. That mismatch is more than inefficient—it is a warning that Canada is heading into the energy transition without the tools required to match real […]
January 13, 2026 – For over a decade, math scores on international tests have declined across all Canadian provinces. On the 2023 Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) assessment, Grade 4 Canadian students performed below the international average on nearly every benchmark level. Given the strong link between early math achievement and later […]
Over the past decade, Canadian math scores on the Program of International Student Assessment (PISA) and Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) have declined in all provinces. Canadian fourth-grade students performed below the international average on nearly every benchmark level of math achievement on the 2023 TIMSS assessment. Research shows early math achievement […]
From: David Green, Philip Oreopoulos, Craig Riddell, Mikal Skuterud, and Christopher WorswickTo: Honourable Lena Metlege Diab, Minister of Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship CanadaDate: December 9, 2025Re: How We Subverted our Skills Based Immigration System In 2023, with little fanfare and no political opposition, the federal government gave itself the power to subvert Canada’s world-renowned skilled […]
Business investment in Canada has been so weak since 2015 that capital per member of the workforce is falling, undermining growth in labour productivity and compensation. The longstanding gap between investment per available worker in Canada and other OECD countries narrowed from the late 1990s through the early 2010s, but has since widened, especially relative […]
December 4, 2025 – Trade tensions, regulation and growth-stifling taxes are depressing business investment in Canada, undercutting productivity growth and workers’ incomes, according to a new C.D. Howe Institute report. The report notes that the US is far more robust, hurting Canadian competitiveness and threatening to widen the gap between US and Canadian living standards. […]
From: Michael WernickTo: Public service observers Date: November 19, 2025Re: The Deadweight of Dogma on Public Service Reform Too much discussion of the state, or government, or the public sector, treats it as a monolith. It is treated like the equations you see in first year economics, with no further unpacking. Moreover, much of the commentary […]
November 3, 2025 – For some parents and seniors, taking a second income, working more or drawing extra pension income can mean losing most of every extra dollar of income to taxes and benefit clawbacks. This can significantly weaken incentives to work or save, according to a C.D. Howe Institute report. In “The Clawback Trap: […]
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Published in Financial Post. Strong math skills are essential for careers that drive the Canadian economy, and early success in math has been shown to predict later academic success and financial earnings. Yet for over a decade Canadian math scores in both the Program of International Student Assessment (PISA) and Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study […] 
Published in the Globe and Mail. Ontario’s recent EQAO results show insufficient progress in reading and mathematics. In 2024-25, 36 per cent of Grade 3 students, 49 per cent of Grade 6 students and 42 per cent of Grade 9 students failed to meet provincial math standards, showing little improvement over the last three years despite targeted […] 
From: Labour market watchersTo: Lin Al-AkkadRe: Workforce Readiness as Canada Decarbonizes – Skills-Mismatch Risk and Strategic Responses Transitioning from a declining coal-mining town into a growing hydrogen-energy region is already a huge personal leap for workers, but it becomes far tougher when job-training programs, labour-market signals and industry standards keep shifting. To succeed in a […] 
The Bank of Canada’s most recent Survey of Consumer Expectations reveals a generational divide in financial stress, with prime working-age Canadians (25–54) reporting a record-high 27 percent probability of missing a future debt payment and nearly half of young Canadians (18–24) expecting to miss a payment. Notably, Canadians 55 and older reported just 0.7 percent. […] 
Published in The Hill Times. Imagine a pipeline of workers laid off from one sector, discarded like old parts, while next door a booming green industry sits idle, struggling to hire. That mismatch is more than inefficient—it is a warning that Canada is heading into the energy transition without the tools required to match real […] 
From: David Green, Philip Oreopoulos, Craig Riddell, Mikal Skuterud, and Christopher WorswickTo: Honourable Lena Metlege Diab, Minister of Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship CanadaDate: December 9, 2025Re: How We Subverted our Skills Based Immigration System In 2023, with little fanfare and no political opposition, the federal government gave itself the power to subvert Canada’s world-renowned skilled […] 
Business investment in Canada has been so weak since 2015 that capital per member of the workforce is falling, undermining growth in labour productivity and compensation. The longstanding gap between investment per available worker in Canada and other OECD countries narrowed from the late 1990s through the early 2010s, but has since widened, especially relative […] 
From: Michael WernickTo: Public service observers Date: November 19, 2025Re: The Deadweight of Dogma on Public Service Reform Too much discussion of the state, or government, or the public sector, treats it as a monolith. It is treated like the equations you see in first year economics, with no further unpacking. Moreover, much of the commentary […] 
November 3, 2025 – For some parents and seniors, taking a second income, working more or drawing extra pension income can mean losing most of every extra dollar of income to taxes and benefit clawbacks. This can significantly weaken incentives to work or save, according to a C.D. Howe Institute report. In “The Clawback Trap: […]