Ben Dachis on The Exchange: Canada Post pensions
Craig Alexander on BNN: No secret to what’s driving home prices higher
Craig Alexander on BNN: Using targeted policy to rein in housing activity
Changing the Channel on Canadian Communications Regulation
Canada’s communications and broadcasting world has changed dramatically in recent decades, but its communications and broadcasting statutes and regulations have not kept pace, states a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Changing the Channel on Canadian Communications Regulation,” authors Benjamin Dachis and Daniel Schwanen say the federal government should replace ineffective Canadian content […] A New Competition Act for a New Federal Government
Report of the C.D. Howe Institute Competition Policy Council
The new federal government should revamp parts of the Competition Act to address gaps in the legislation, including making the aim of the legislation on abuse of dominance be to protect against harm to competition in general, rather than harm against particular competitors. This is the consensus view of the C.D. Howe Institute’s Competition Policy Council, which held its eleventh meeting on April 18, 2016.
Joint Venture: A Blueprint for Federal and Provincial Marijuana Policy
Canada’s budding legal marijuana market requires federal-provincial cooperation in order to succeed, according to a new C.D. Howe Institute report. In “Joint Venture: A Blueprint for Federal and Provincial Marijuana Policy,” author Anindya Sen argues that the federal government should retain powers over health and safety regulations, and provinces should have the freedom to design […] National Priorities 2016
The National Priorities 2016 series provides a high level overview of key issues that the federal and provincial governments need to address, and provides an opportunity to highlight policy recommendations made by prior C.D. Howe Institute research on these topics. Fiscal and Tax – Tax Reform Priorities for Canada: Creating More Income to Go Around […] Learning from Mistakes: Improving Governance in the Ontario Electricity Sector
The government of Ontario should move away from controlling electricity planning, according to a new C.D. Howe Institute Report. In “Learning from Mistakes: Improving Governance in the Ontario Electricity Sector,” author George Vegh argues that the government should face more checks and balances when spending electricity ratepayer money. The government should only set broad policy […] Targeted mortgage rules should cool hot markets, ease debt risk: Globe and Mail Op-Ed
December 14, 2015
A fundamental public policy question is how to address the possibility of inflated real estate values and excessively high levels of household indebtedness.
There is little question that these trends have been fuelled by exceptionally low interest rates. However, the Bank of Canada’s mandate is to set monetary policy to achieve the 2-per-cent inflation target. In recent years, that objective has called for exceptionally low interest rates.
This has been supportive to the economy through a number of channels, such as reducing the cost for business investment and helping with international competitiveness through a weaker Canadian dollar. But what if the seemingly low-forever interest rates are…
Bill Robson on the Exchange: What can be accomplished at COP 21
Bill Robson joins his co-panelist ArmineYalnizyan and Goldy Hyder to discuss what they think the likely outcome will be of the UN’s climate change summit in Paris.
Bill Robson on The Exchange: Canada’s Climate Change Initiative
Institute President and CEO, Bill Robson, joins his Big Picture co-panelists, ArmineYalnizyan and Goldy Hyder to talk about Canada’s climate change initiative.
Watching the Watchmen: The Need for Greater Oversight of the Competition Bureau
Report of the C.D. Howe Institute Competition Policy Council
The federal government should create an independent oversight body for Canada’s Competition Bureau to periodically evaluate the Bureau’s performance and help define its strategic objectives. This is the consensus view of the C.D. Howe Institute’s Competition Policy Council, which held its tenth meeting on October 22, 2015.