October 30, 2025 – Canada’s heavy reliance on energy trade with the United States and its limited interprovincial connections come at a growing cost to Canadians. A new report from the C.D. Howe Institute argues that now is the time to integrate the country’s electrical grids. In “Powering the Federation: A Blueprint for National Electricity […]
Canada’s heavy reliance on energy trade with the United States and its limited interprovincial connections come at a growing cost to Canadians. This is why now is the time to integrate the country’s electrical grids.
September 9, 2025 – Canada’s labour market faces major shifts – from technological change to new trade models and the energy transition – making better planning essential to help workers adapt. A new C.D. Howe Institute report finds that while many of the skills needed to shift into emerging jobs in a lower-carbon economy are […]
While many of the skills needed to shift into emerging jobs in a lower-carbon economy are already present among Canadian workers, persistent mismatches and gaps in technical knowledge, problem-solving, and critical thinking remain.
From: Brian LivingstonTo: Canadian Trade NegotiatorsDate: September 2, 2025Re: Aluminum Tariffs Canada supplies over half of the aluminum available in the United States (see chart). These sales of 2.8 million tonnes/year of raw aluminum from Canada to the US take place under agreements made between many companies. However, disrupting those business plans, the United States […]
From: Benjamin Dachis and Daniel LangTo: The Hon. François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Finance and National Revenue and The Hon. Tim Hodgson, Minister of Energy and Natural ResourcesDate: June 26, 2025Re: Tax Changes Needed to Unlock Private Capital for Ontario’s Electricity Grid Canada’s net-zero targets demand massive electricity distribution infrastructure investment. Ontario’s municipal financing structure – […]
Published in the The Hill Times The Carney government has committed to accelerating and strengthening investment across the economy as part of its plan to boost domestic sources of economic growth, and reduce Canadian economic dependence on the United States. Greater investment in energy and other natural resource development is central to this commitment. The […]
Energy independence from the United States requires resolve. Alberta’s Travis Toews and Rory Johnston of Commodity Context tells our Michael Hainsworth that threats against our sovereignty are bringing more Canadians around to the idea of pipelines to the coast.
Energy independence from the United States requires resolve. Alberta’s Travis Toews and Rory Johnston of Commodity Context tells our Michael Hainsworth that threats against our sovereignty are bringing more Canadians around to the idea of pipelines to the coast.
L’étude en bref Il faudra d’importants investissements publics et privés dans les infrastructures pour répondre à un éventail de besoins au Canada et ailleurs dans le monde, et particulièrement pour soutenir les projets de transition énergétique et numérique. Cependant, les promoteurs privés se retrouvent souvent coincés dans une impasse : ils ont besoin de capitaux […]
To: Prime Minister Mark CarneyFrom: Grant Bishop, Keith LeBlanc and Brice MacGregorDate: May 8, 2025Re: Carbon Pricing Requires Attention to Detail – and Sound Economics Rewind a year and many Canadians were expecting a carbon tax election. Of course, other threats to Canada’s economy soon overshadowed climate policy as the ballot question. Last week’s election and […]
To: The new Government of CanadaFrom: Charles DeLand and Colin BusbyDate: May 1, 2025Re: Making National Unity Priority # 1: A Plan to Engage the West Mark Carney’s election victory gives him a sizeable minority government that now gets to deliver on a platform to spark economic growth, sew national unity, and deal with Donald Trump. […]
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Canada’s heavy reliance on energy trade with the United States and its limited interprovincial connections come at a growing cost to Canadians. This is why now is the time to integrate the country’s electrical grids. 
September 9, 2025 – Canada’s labour market faces major shifts – from technological change to new trade models and the energy transition – making better planning essential to help workers adapt. A new C.D. Howe Institute report finds that while many of the skills needed to shift into emerging jobs in a lower-carbon economy are […] 
From: Brian LivingstonTo: Canadian Trade NegotiatorsDate: September 2, 2025Re: Aluminum Tariffs Canada supplies over half of the aluminum available in the United States (see chart). These sales of 2.8 million tonnes/year of raw aluminum from Canada to the US take place under agreements made between many companies. However, disrupting those business plans, the United States […] 
From: Benjamin Dachis and Daniel LangTo: The Hon. François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Finance and National Revenue and The Hon. Tim Hodgson, Minister of Energy and Natural ResourcesDate: June 26, 2025Re: Tax Changes Needed to Unlock Private Capital for Ontario’s Electricity Grid Canada’s net-zero targets demand massive electricity distribution infrastructure investment. Ontario’s municipal financing structure – […] 
Published in the The Hill Times The Carney government has committed to accelerating and strengthening investment across the economy as part of its plan to boost domestic sources of economic growth, and reduce Canadian economic dependence on the United States. Greater investment in energy and other natural resource development is central to this commitment. The […] 
Energy independence from the United States requires resolve. Alberta’s Travis Toews and Rory Johnston of Commodity Context tells our Michael Hainsworth that threats against our sovereignty are bringing more Canadians around to the idea of pipelines to the coast. 
L’étude en bref Il faudra d’importants investissements publics et privés dans les infrastructures pour répondre à un éventail de besoins au Canada et ailleurs dans le monde, et particulièrement pour soutenir les projets de transition énergétique et numérique. Cependant, les promoteurs privés se retrouvent souvent coincés dans une impasse : ils ont besoin de capitaux […] 
To: Prime Minister Mark CarneyFrom: Grant Bishop, Keith LeBlanc and Brice MacGregorDate: May 8, 2025Re: Carbon Pricing Requires Attention to Detail – and Sound Economics Rewind a year and many Canadians were expecting a carbon tax election. Of course, other threats to Canada’s economy soon overshadowed climate policy as the ballot question. Last week’s election and […] 
To: The new Government of CanadaFrom: Charles DeLand and Colin BusbyDate: May 1, 2025Re: Making National Unity Priority # 1: A Plan to Engage the West Mark Carney’s election victory gives him a sizeable minority government that now gets to deliver on a platform to spark economic growth, sew national unity, and deal with Donald Trump. […]