Published in the Financial Post. On the last Friday in July, the new Texas Stock Exchange (TXSE) in Dallas completed its rollout. It now carries every exchange-listed security in the United States, with the NYSE and Nasdaq squarely in its sights. A big and bold bet, in true Texas fashion. But the exchange is not the biggest thing that was built. […]
August 25, 2026 – Artificial intelligence (AI) scribes have demonstrated strong clinician demand and measurable benefits, but Canada’s fragmented procurement and regulatory systems could prevent the country from safely translating early adoption into a competitive healthcare AI sector, according to a new Communiqué from the C.D. Howe Institute’s Health Sector Economic Growth and Resilience Working Group. Composed of experts from […]
Scaling Up: Commercializing Health AI in Canada Health Sector Economic Growth and Resilience Working Group Fourth meeting of the C.D. Howe Institute’s Health Sector Economic Growth and Resilience Working Group Meeting Overview The C.D. Howe Institute’s Health Sector Economic Growth and Resilience Working Group met for its fourth session on June 23, 2026, to examine […]
25 août 2026 – Les logiciels de transcription numérique basés sur l’intelligence artificielle (scribe IA) suscitent un fort intérêt auprès des cliniciens et offrent des avantages mesurables. Cependant, selon un nouveau communiqué du Groupe de travail sur la croissance économique et la résilience du secteur de la santé de l’Institut C.D. Howe, la fragmentation des […]
From: Joel Blit To: AI watchers Date: August 12, 2026 Re: Canada’s productivity problem is a superstar-firm problem – and AI is our chance to fix it Canada’s ongoing productivity crisis is usually explained through a familiar set of factors: The industrial mix, small average firm size, weak business investment, lack of competition, and a risk-averse culture. While […]
From: Parisa Mahboubi and Tingting ZhangTo: Economy observers Date: July 28, 2026Re: Canada’s Trade Problem Is a Productivity Problem When Canada went into its first review of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), the debate centred on tariffs, market access, and potential job losses. Those concerns are well-founded. More than 70 percent of Canadian merchandise exports go to the […]
Intentions for non-residential capital spending in Canada in 2026 increased by $14.4 billion from 2025. However, nearly all of that gain was concentrated in just a handful of sectors, with the top four accounting for roughly $17 billion in additional investment. By contrast, 11 of 20 industries plan to reduce capital spending, with manufacturing capital spend expected to […]
From: Blake C. Goldring To: Defence watchers Date: June 15, 2026 Re: Pulling Together to Meet Canada’s New Moment In 1939, Canada was not an industrial power. Its 10,000-man military was threadbare, its procurement system buried in red tape, and its capital markets had no framework for financing national security. Then C.D. Howe took charge. Within a […]
From: Harvey Naglie To: AI watchers Date: June 10, 2026 Re: Executing AI for All: How to Get a Capability-Raising Result Last week, Ottawa launched AI for All, a five-year national artificial-intelligence strategy built on six pillars and three stated aims: Trust, opportunity, and sovereignty. AI will add close to $200 billion in economic growth, the government projects, create up to 250,000 AI-related jobs, and raise business AI adoption from roughly […]
From: Steve Ambler and Jeremy M. Kronick To: Recession watchers Date: June 8, 2026 Re: Don’t Be Too Quick to Call a Recession On May 29, Statistics Canada released preliminary estimates of Canada’s gross domestic product (GDP) for the first quarter of 2026. Real GDP declined slightly (0.04 percent), following a 0.25 percent drop in the last quarter of 2025. […]
From: Rosalie Wyonch To: Artificial Intelligence watchers Date: June 2, 2026 Re: Is AI going to lead to mass unemployment and increasing inequality? The fear that artificial intelligence is about to upend Canadian labour markets is viewing the picture through a distorted lens. Each major technological wave has been accompanied by predictions of mass unemployment that did not materialize. […]
Nearly 74 percent of Canadian inventions were filed in the United States, while 56 percent were filed in Canada and 25 percent with the European Patent Office (EPO). Most inventions (52 percent) are filed in only one location. In addition, only about 12 percent of patent applications filed in Canada are by Canadian inventors, suggesting […]
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Published in the Financial Post. On the last Friday in July, the new Texas Stock Exchange (TXSE) in Dallas completed its rollout. It now carries every exchange-listed security in the United States, with the NYSE and Nasdaq squarely in its sights. A big and bold bet, in true Texas fashion. But the exchange is not the biggest thing that was built. […] 
August 25, 2026 – Artificial intelligence (AI) scribes have demonstrated strong clinician demand and measurable benefits, but Canada’s fragmented procurement and regulatory systems could prevent the country from safely translating early adoption into a competitive healthcare AI sector, according to a new Communiqué from the C.D. Howe Institute’s Health Sector Economic Growth and Resilience Working Group. Composed of experts from […] 
Scaling Up: Commercializing Health AI in Canada Health Sector Economic Growth and Resilience Working Group Fourth meeting of the C.D. Howe Institute’s Health Sector Economic Growth and Resilience Working Group Meeting Overview The C.D. Howe Institute’s Health Sector Economic Growth and Resilience Working Group met for its fourth session on June 23, 2026, to examine […] 
From: Joel Blit To: AI watchers Date: August 12, 2026 Re: Canada’s productivity problem is a superstar-firm problem – and AI is our chance to fix it Canada’s ongoing productivity crisis is usually explained through a familiar set of factors: The industrial mix, small average firm size, weak business investment, lack of competition, and a risk-averse culture. While […] 
From: Parisa Mahboubi and Tingting ZhangTo: Economy observers Date: July 28, 2026Re: Canada’s Trade Problem Is a Productivity Problem When Canada went into its first review of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), the debate centred on tariffs, market access, and potential job losses. Those concerns are well-founded. More than 70 percent of Canadian merchandise exports go to the […] 
Intentions for non-residential capital spending in Canada in 2026 increased by $14.4 billion from 2025. However, nearly all of that gain was concentrated in just a handful of sectors, with the top four accounting for roughly $17 billion in additional investment. By contrast, 11 of 20 industries plan to reduce capital spending, with manufacturing capital spend expected to […] 
From: Blake C. Goldring To: Defence watchers Date: June 15, 2026 Re: Pulling Together to Meet Canada’s New Moment In 1939, Canada was not an industrial power. Its 10,000-man military was threadbare, its procurement system buried in red tape, and its capital markets had no framework for financing national security. Then C.D. Howe took charge. Within a […] 
From: Harvey Naglie To: AI watchers Date: June 10, 2026 Re: Executing AI for All: How to Get a Capability-Raising Result Last week, Ottawa launched AI for All, a five-year national artificial-intelligence strategy built on six pillars and three stated aims: Trust, opportunity, and sovereignty. AI will add close to $200 billion in economic growth, the government projects, create up to 250,000 AI-related jobs, and raise business AI adoption from roughly […] 
From: Steve Ambler and Jeremy M. Kronick To: Recession watchers Date: June 8, 2026 Re: Don’t Be Too Quick to Call a Recession On May 29, Statistics Canada released preliminary estimates of Canada’s gross domestic product (GDP) for the first quarter of 2026. Real GDP declined slightly (0.04 percent), following a 0.25 percent drop in the last quarter of 2025. […] 
From: Rosalie Wyonch To: Artificial Intelligence watchers Date: June 2, 2026 Re: Is AI going to lead to mass unemployment and increasing inequality? The fear that artificial intelligence is about to upend Canadian labour markets is viewing the picture through a distorted lens. Each major technological wave has been accompanied by predictions of mass unemployment that did not materialize. […] 
Nearly 74 percent of Canadian inventions were filed in the United States, while 56 percent were filed in Canada and 25 percent with the European Patent Office (EPO). Most inventions (52 percent) are filed in only one location. In addition, only about 12 percent of patent applications filed in Canada are by Canadian inventors, suggesting […]