The C.D. Howe Institute’s toolkit for tracking the economy is a customized series of data sets from past Institute publications. These tools can be helpful for policymakers and other parties interested in analyzing monetary policy and financial stability decisions. These unique variables, which can all be found in past Institute work, include: The Leading […]
Published in The Globe and Mail. A priority project for the Ontario Securities Commission currently is to give smaller investors easier access to private assets (including private equity investments). This is consistent with a recent executive order directing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Department of Labour to facilitate access to private equity by retail […]
From: Harvey NaglieTo: Financial market observersDate: March 4, 2026Re: Canada’s real industrial policy is risk aversion — and it is making us dependent Canada keeps announcing a “redo” built on growth, independence, and innovation. The country’s governing reflex keeps producing the opposite: slow decisions, vague rules, and a preference for restraint that is treated as […]
From: Peter MacKenzie and Mark Zelmer To: Stablecoin watchers Date: February 25, 2026 Re: The Window is Closing for Canada’s Stablecoin Opportunity The New York Stock Exchange announcement of a new blockchain-based platform brings us one step closer to a world in which finance operates around the clock, settles instantly, and runs on programmable digital money. Blockchain […]
February 19, 2026 – Regulation in the form of capital treatment is a critical factor in determining the flow of credit to Canada’s businesses, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. Made up of seven experts in the field, the Institute’s Task Force on OSFI Prudential Requirements and Business Lending finds that […]
On February 9, 2026, the C.D. Howe Institute’s Task Force on Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) Prudential Requirements and Business Lending held its inaugural meeting. The Institute established this short-term task force in response to a number of OSFI statements issued in the fall of 2025. The theme of the statements centred […]
Published in Financial Post. Last month, the New York Stock Exchange announced it’s building a blockchain-based platform to enable 24/7 trading of tokenized stocks and ETFs (exchange-traded funds). Tokenization converts traditional financial assets into digital tokens on a blockchain, allowing them to be traded and settled using stablecoins and tokenized bank deposits rather than through conventional payment systems. NASDAQ is pursuing similar plans. A […]
From: Ed Devlin and Dane RowlandsTo: Trade war observersRe: Analyzing that Davos Speech Through a Financial Market Manager’s Lens Mark Carney’s China deal that sees tariff reductions on Canadian canola products, lobster, peas and crabs in exchange for allowing 49,000 electric vehicles to enter Canada, signaled a clear plan to diversify trade away from the United […]
From: Stephen BeattyTo: Trade war observersRe: Back to the Future: China Quota Edition (II) Mark Carney’s rapprochement with China that would see an initial influx of 49,000 Chinese electric vehicles has prompted an uproar from Canada’s auto sector, as we outlined in Part One. All that turmoil might have been avoided if Canada had just […]
From: Stephen BeattyTo: Trade war observersRe: Back to the Future: China Quota Edition Here we go again. It was another week which started off with some progress on the trade front, but that ended in threats from the White House. It’s the end of January and Groundhog Day is fast upon us. During Prime Minister […]
From: Bernard Morency and Pierre-Carl MichaudTo: Canada’s AI overseers Re: Canadians Need a New Personal Finance Flight Plan. Is AI the Co-Pilot We Need? When a viral social media post claimed that OpenAI was restricting its services from offering licensed advice, the internet erupted. The truth was far less dramatic – but the debate raised a deeper question: As AI […]
The rise of US dollar-linked stablecoins – digital tokens designed to maintain a constant one-for-one value with the US dollar – following the 2025 GENIUS Act poses potential risks to Canada’s monetary sovereignty and payment-system oversight. Without a clear domestic framework, Canadian payments could increasingly migrate to foreign-issued stablecoins and exchange platforms, weakening regulatory control and […]
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The C.D. Howe Institute’s toolkit for tracking the economy is a customized series of data sets from past Institute publications. These tools can be helpful for policymakers and other parties interested in analyzing monetary policy and financial stability decisions. These unique variables, which can all be found in past Institute work, include: The Leading […] 
Published in The Globe and Mail. A priority project for the Ontario Securities Commission currently is to give smaller investors easier access to private assets (including private equity investments). This is consistent with a recent executive order directing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Department of Labour to facilitate access to private equity by retail […] 
From: Harvey NaglieTo: Financial market observersDate: March 4, 2026Re: Canada’s real industrial policy is risk aversion — and it is making us dependent Canada keeps announcing a “redo” built on growth, independence, and innovation. The country’s governing reflex keeps producing the opposite: slow decisions, vague rules, and a preference for restraint that is treated as […] 
From: Peter MacKenzie and Mark Zelmer To: Stablecoin watchers Date: February 25, 2026 Re: The Window is Closing for Canada’s Stablecoin Opportunity The New York Stock Exchange announcement of a new blockchain-based platform brings us one step closer to a world in which finance operates around the clock, settles instantly, and runs on programmable digital money. Blockchain […] 
February 19, 2026 – Regulation in the form of capital treatment is a critical factor in determining the flow of credit to Canada’s businesses, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. Made up of seven experts in the field, the Institute’s Task Force on OSFI Prudential Requirements and Business Lending finds that […] 
Published in Financial Post. Last month, the New York Stock Exchange announced it’s building a blockchain-based platform to enable 24/7 trading of tokenized stocks and ETFs (exchange-traded funds). Tokenization converts traditional financial assets into digital tokens on a blockchain, allowing them to be traded and settled using stablecoins and tokenized bank deposits rather than through conventional payment systems. NASDAQ is pursuing similar plans. A […] 
From: Ed Devlin and Dane RowlandsTo: Trade war observersRe: Analyzing that Davos Speech Through a Financial Market Manager’s Lens Mark Carney’s China deal that sees tariff reductions on Canadian canola products, lobster, peas and crabs in exchange for allowing 49,000 electric vehicles to enter Canada, signaled a clear plan to diversify trade away from the United […] 
From: Stephen BeattyTo: Trade war observersRe: Back to the Future: China Quota Edition (II) Mark Carney’s rapprochement with China that would see an initial influx of 49,000 Chinese electric vehicles has prompted an uproar from Canada’s auto sector, as we outlined in Part One. All that turmoil might have been avoided if Canada had just […] 
From: Bernard Morency and Pierre-Carl MichaudTo: Canada’s AI overseers Re: Canadians Need a New Personal Finance Flight Plan. Is AI the Co-Pilot We Need? When a viral social media post claimed that OpenAI was restricting its services from offering licensed advice, the internet erupted. The truth was far less dramatic – but the debate raised a deeper question: As AI […] 
The rise of US dollar-linked stablecoins – digital tokens designed to maintain a constant one-for-one value with the US dollar – following the 2025 GENIUS Act poses potential risks to Canada’s monetary sovereignty and payment-system oversight. Without a clear domestic framework, Canadian payments could increasingly migrate to foreign-issued stablecoins and exchange platforms, weakening regulatory control and […]