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. […]
April 15, 2026 – Canada’s competition framework must remain flexible and innovation-focused to ensure the country captures the economic benefits of artificial intelligence while guarding against anti-competitive behaviour, according to the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Chipping In: A Canadian Guide for Maintaining Competition in AI,” author Daniel Schwanen sets out a framework for the Competition […]
15 avril 2026 – Selon l’Institut C.D. Howe, le cadre de la concurrence au Canada doit rester souple et axé sur l’innovation afin de garantir que le pays jouisse pleinement des avantages économiques de l’intelligence artificielle tout en se protégeant contre les comportements anticoncurrentiels. Dans « Chipping In: A Canadian Guide for Maintaining Competition in […]
by Daniel Schwanen Artificial intelligence (AI) holds the potential to raise productivity and living standards, but how much Canada benefits will depend on competitive conditions in markets across different layers of the AI “stack” – infrastructure, development, and deployment. Large global technology players hold significant positions in AI infrastructure and advanced model development. But competition […]
From: John Rook and Larry Schwartz To: Competition policy observers Date: March 25, 2026 Re: Competition Bureau Draft Guidelines: Is Efficiency on Life-Support? Recently, Jeanne Pratt, now interim Commissioner of Competition, trumpeted the positive impact of recent amendments to the Competition Act that make it more difficult to clear mergers. Prior to these amendments, market share and concentration were two of the factors considered in making […]
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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. […] 
April 15, 2026 – Canada’s competition framework must remain flexible and innovation-focused to ensure the country captures the economic benefits of artificial intelligence while guarding against anti-competitive behaviour, according to the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Chipping In: A Canadian Guide for Maintaining Competition in AI,” author Daniel Schwanen sets out a framework for the Competition […] 
by Daniel Schwanen Artificial intelligence (AI) holds the potential to raise productivity and living standards, but how much Canada benefits will depend on competitive conditions in markets across different layers of the AI “stack” – infrastructure, development, and deployment. Large global technology players hold significant positions in AI infrastructure and advanced model development. But competition […] 
From: John Rook and Larry Schwartz To: Competition policy observers Date: March 25, 2026 Re: Competition Bureau Draft Guidelines: Is Efficiency on Life-Support? Recently, Jeanne Pratt, now interim Commissioner of Competition, trumpeted the positive impact of recent amendments to the Competition Act that make it more difficult to clear mergers. Prior to these amendments, market share and concentration were two of the factors considered in making […]