by Erik De Lorenzi Canada Post’s financial crisis is bigger than declining mail volumes and rising costs. Drawing on economic evidence and interviews with policymakers, industry executives, and Canada Post leadership, this paper finds that the corporation’s statutory letter monopoly, universal-service obligations, and postal charter have created a rigid regulatory framework that is increasingly incompatible […]
23 juin 2026 – La crise financière de Postes Canada ne se résume pas seulement à la baisse du volume de courrier et à la hausse des coûts. Le problème plus profond est un véritable nœud gordien de protections monopolistiques, d’obligations de service universel et de mécanismes de gouvernance dépassés, qui ont rendu la société […]
June 23, 2026 – Canada Post’s financial crisis is about more than declining mail volumes and rising costs. The deeper challenge is a Gordian knot of monopoly protections, universal-service obligations, and outdated governance arrangements that have left the corporation increasingly unable to adapt to a changing postal market, according to a new report from the […]
To: ‘Nation Building’ observers From: George Vegh and Kate Koplovich Date: June 12, 2026 Re: Proposed Major Project Regulatory Changes a Good Step, but Work Remains It seems the federal government is intent on sidestepping its own major project processes set up just a year ago. Bill C-5, the Building Canada Act, received royal assent just last year, to “urgently advance projects throughout Canada… through an accelerated process that enhances regulatory certainty and investor confidence.” A discussion paper released early last […]
To: ‘Nation Building’ observers From: George Vegh and Kate Koplovich Date: June 11, 2026 Re: The Building Canada Act Won’t Actually Build Anything in Canada The number of oil and gas projects in Ottawa’s major project inventory has fallen by 76 percent from its 2017 peak. This demonstrates a sustained erosion of investment confidence in Canada’s energy sector over the better part of a decade. To spur investment in natural resources, mining and electricity, […]
To: Competition policy watchers From: Navin Joneja Date: June 5, 2026 Subject: Aligning Competition Enforcement With the Productivity Imperative Across major economies, competition policy is being recalibrated to support broader economic objectives, most notably: Productivity growth, investment attraction, increases in scale and national competitiveness. In the European Union, policymakers are increasingly focused on enabling European champions capable […]
From: Ian Irvine To: Health Canada Date: May 27, 2026 Re: How to structure nicotine markets in the techno era I spend two days in Europe last week at an industry conference that showcased technological innovation in the field of nicotine delivery and use. The innovation concerns how nicotine can be consumed without killing the […]
21 mai 2026 – Depuis la crise financière mondiale de 2008, le mandat et les activités du Bureau du surintendant des institutions financières (BSIF) se sont considérablement élargis en réponse à un système financier plus complexe et en évolution rapide. Pourtant, selon un nouveau rapport de l’Institut C.D. Howe, sa structure organisationnelle n’a pas fait l’objet […]
14 mai 2026 – À mesure que les catastrophes naturelles deviennent plus fréquentes, le système d’assurance canadien subit des pressions croissantes liées aux risques extrêmes, notamment des préoccupations quant à la solvabilité et à la capacité de souscription. Sans mécanisme permettant d’étaler les pertes dans le temps, une série d’événements extrêmes ou une catastrophe majeure, […]
From: Edward Waitzer To: Corporate sustainability advocates Date: May 11, 2026 Re: What the ESG Movement Needs to do Now Investor support for corporate sustainability initiatives has been derailed. In the face of strong ideology against environment, social and governance, or ESG, investing in the United States. Major fund managers such as BlackRock, Inc. and the Vanguard Group, Inc. have backed away from asserting that ESG factors are responsive to […]
Published in The Globe and Mail. Asked about how he went bankrupt, one of the characters in Ernest Hemingway’s novel The Sun Also Rises replies, “gradually, then suddenly.” That’s what’s in store for Canada’s supply management system, an outdated, regressive policy from the 1970s that protects the dairy and poultry sectors by artificially raising consumer prices and […]
From: Daniel Schwanen and Rosalie Wyonch To: Artificial Intelligence watchers Date: April 21, 2026 Re: Artificial Intelligence Is Already Reshaping Canada’s Economy. Policy Must Catch Up After decades of gestation, artificial intelligence burst on the scene a mere five years ago, as a field with vast practical applications for businesses, researchers and the public. No longer is it a speculative technology looming in the distant future. […]
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by Erik De Lorenzi Canada Post’s financial crisis is bigger than declining mail volumes and rising costs. Drawing on economic evidence and interviews with policymakers, industry executives, and Canada Post leadership, this paper finds that the corporation’s statutory letter monopoly, universal-service obligations, and postal charter have created a rigid regulatory framework that is increasingly incompatible […] 
To: ‘Nation Building’ observers From: George Vegh and Kate Koplovich Date: June 12, 2026 Re: Proposed Major Project Regulatory Changes a Good Step, but Work Remains It seems the federal government is intent on sidestepping its own major project processes set up just a year ago. Bill C-5, the Building Canada Act, received royal assent just last year, to “urgently advance projects throughout Canada… through an accelerated process that enhances regulatory certainty and investor confidence.” A discussion paper released early last […] 
To: ‘Nation Building’ observers From: George Vegh and Kate Koplovich Date: June 11, 2026 Re: The Building Canada Act Won’t Actually Build Anything in Canada The number of oil and gas projects in Ottawa’s major project inventory has fallen by 76 percent from its 2017 peak. This demonstrates a sustained erosion of investment confidence in Canada’s energy sector over the better part of a decade. To spur investment in natural resources, mining and electricity, […] 
To: Competition policy watchers From: Navin Joneja Date: June 5, 2026 Subject: Aligning Competition Enforcement With the Productivity Imperative Across major economies, competition policy is being recalibrated to support broader economic objectives, most notably: Productivity growth, investment attraction, increases in scale and national competitiveness. In the European Union, policymakers are increasingly focused on enabling European champions capable […] 
From: Ian Irvine To: Health Canada Date: May 27, 2026 Re: How to structure nicotine markets in the techno era I spend two days in Europe last week at an industry conference that showcased technological innovation in the field of nicotine delivery and use. The innovation concerns how nicotine can be consumed without killing the […] 
21 mai 2026 – Depuis la crise financière mondiale de 2008, le mandat et les activités du Bureau du surintendant des institutions financières (BSIF) se sont considérablement élargis en réponse à un système financier plus complexe et en évolution rapide. Pourtant, selon un nouveau rapport de l’Institut C.D. Howe, sa structure organisationnelle n’a pas fait l’objet […] 
From: Edward Waitzer To: Corporate sustainability advocates Date: May 11, 2026 Re: What the ESG Movement Needs to do Now Investor support for corporate sustainability initiatives has been derailed. In the face of strong ideology against environment, social and governance, or ESG, investing in the United States. Major fund managers such as BlackRock, Inc. and the Vanguard Group, Inc. have backed away from asserting that ESG factors are responsive to […] 
Published in The Globe and Mail. Asked about how he went bankrupt, one of the characters in Ernest Hemingway’s novel The Sun Also Rises replies, “gradually, then suddenly.” That’s what’s in store for Canada’s supply management system, an outdated, regressive policy from the 1970s that protects the dairy and poultry sectors by artificially raising consumer prices and […] 
From: Daniel Schwanen and Rosalie Wyonch To: Artificial Intelligence watchers Date: April 21, 2026 Re: Artificial Intelligence Is Already Reshaping Canada’s Economy. Policy Must Catch Up After decades of gestation, artificial intelligence burst on the scene a mere five years ago, as a field with vast practical applications for businesses, researchers and the public. No longer is it a speculative technology looming in the distant future. […]