From: Michael WernickTo: Public service observers Date: November 19, 2025Re: The Deadweight of Dogma on Public Service Reform Too much discussion of the state, or government, or the public sector, treats it as a monolith. It is treated like the equations you see in first year economics, with no further unpacking. Moreover, much of the commentary […]
From: John Manley To: Productivity watchersDate: November 18, 2025Re: Flow-Through Shares Could Ignite Tech Innovation Canada is quietly exporting its future prosperity – not through trade deals or natural resources, but through the steady departure of our most promising entrepreneurs. Only 32.4 percent of Canadian-led, high-potential startups launched in 2024 were headquartered in Canada, according […]
From: Anindya SenTo: Canadian AI watchersDate: November 14, 2025Re: Sora is a Lesson on AI Innovation that Canada Needs to Avoid The government’s 30-day sprint to solicit submissions to its AI Strategy Task Force has ended and the new body will set out to define Canada’s approach to the use of artificial intelligence technologies. But […]
From: John LesterTo: Canadians Concerned About Federal SpendingDate: November 5, 2025Re: Curing Canada’s Innovation Ills Canada faces a persistent productivity challenge that directly affects our national prosperity. At its core lies weak investment in machinery and equipment, and lacklustre innovation. I propose a set of targeted reforms aimed at fixing Canada’s innovation ills. Strengthening intellectual […]
Published in The Hill Times. Business and hockey share the same playbook: innovation, agility, and speed. If we want to keep our talent, intellectual property, firms, and revenues here at home, Canada needs to move from defending to scoring. The second quarter of 2025 saw a drop in both GDP and labour productivity. My recent study […]
Think Canada has a productivity problem? Polytechnique Montreal’s Catherine Beaudry connects the dots between productivity, innovation, and one of the country’s other big issues: scaling-up small businesses.
Think Canada has a productivity problem? Polytechnique Montreal’s Catherine Beaudry connects the dots between productivity, innovation, and one of the country’s other big issues: scaling-up small businesses.  Â
From: Catherine BeaudryTo: Innovation ObserversDate: October 30, 2025Re: How to Get Canada’s Innovation Skaters Back in the Game  Business and hockey share the same playbook: innovation, agility, and speed. If we want to keep our talent, intellectual property, firms, and revenues here at home, Canada needs to move from defending to scoring. The second […]
Published in The Hill Times. Business and hockey share the same playbook: innovation, agility, and speed. If we want to keep our talent, intellectual property, firms, and revenues here at home, Canada needs to move from defending to scoring. The second quarter of 2025 saw a drop in both GDP and labour productivity. My recent study […]
October 16, 2025 – Canada’s weak growth, low investment and lagging innovation point to the need for a more modern regulatory philosophy that balances both protection and progress, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Pruning the Rulebook: Canada’s Financial Regulatory Scorecard, Year Two,” Gherardo Caracciolo’s updated findings revealed similar results […]
In the second year of our regulatory scorecard paper, results continue to show the need for a more balanced approach to financial oversight, one that explicitly incorporates innovation and competition alongside traditional stability and consumer protection goals. Newly issued and updated regulatory documents did not change previous results. The imbalance reflects the mandates of Canadian […]
Published in The Globe and Mail. Recent Canadian economic forecasts show a similar profile of modest growth this year and next. Those predictions – from the Parliamentary Budget Office, Desjardins, Deloitte Canada, TD Economics and others – show the economy strengthening subsequently, returning the rate of unemployment to a level that is low by historical […]
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From: Michael WernickTo: Public service observers Date: November 19, 2025Re: The Deadweight of Dogma on Public Service Reform Too much discussion of the state, or government, or the public sector, treats it as a monolith. It is treated like the equations you see in first year economics, with no further unpacking. Moreover, much of the commentary […] 
From: Anindya SenTo: Canadian AI watchersDate: November 14, 2025Re: Sora is a Lesson on AI Innovation that Canada Needs to Avoid The government’s 30-day sprint to solicit submissions to its AI Strategy Task Force has ended and the new body will set out to define Canada’s approach to the use of artificial intelligence technologies. But […] 
From: John LesterTo: Canadians Concerned About Federal SpendingDate: November 5, 2025Re: Curing Canada’s Innovation Ills Canada faces a persistent productivity challenge that directly affects our national prosperity. At its core lies weak investment in machinery and equipment, and lacklustre innovation. I propose a set of targeted reforms aimed at fixing Canada’s innovation ills. Strengthening intellectual […] 
Published in The Hill Times. Business and hockey share the same playbook: innovation, agility, and speed. If we want to keep our talent, intellectual property, firms, and revenues here at home, Canada needs to move from defending to scoring. The second quarter of 2025 saw a drop in both GDP and labour productivity. My recent study […] 
Think Canada has a productivity problem? Polytechnique Montreal’s Catherine Beaudry connects the dots between productivity, innovation, and one of the country’s other big issues: scaling-up small businesses. 
From: Catherine BeaudryTo: Innovation ObserversDate: October 30, 2025Re: How to Get Canada’s Innovation Skaters Back in the Game  Business and hockey share the same playbook: innovation, agility, and speed. If we want to keep our talent, intellectual property, firms, and revenues here at home, Canada needs to move from defending to scoring. The second […] 
October 16, 2025 – Canada’s weak growth, low investment and lagging innovation point to the need for a more modern regulatory philosophy that balances both protection and progress, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Pruning the Rulebook: Canada’s Financial Regulatory Scorecard, Year Two,” Gherardo Caracciolo’s updated findings revealed similar results […] 
In the second year of our regulatory scorecard paper, results continue to show the need for a more balanced approach to financial oversight, one that explicitly incorporates innovation and competition alongside traditional stability and consumer protection goals. Newly issued and updated regulatory documents did not change previous results. The imbalance reflects the mandates of Canadian […] 
Published in The Globe and Mail. Recent Canadian economic forecasts show a similar profile of modest growth this year and next. Those predictions – from the Parliamentary Budget Office, Desjardins, Deloitte Canada, TD Economics and others – show the economy strengthening subsequently, returning the rate of unemployment to a level that is low by historical […]