Glen Hodgson – Five Key Issues for 2020
From: Glen Hodgson To: Canadians Concerned about 2020 Date: January 6, 2020 Re: Five Key Issues for 2020 Global growth is being deeply affected by the trade turmoil fomented by Donald Trump and uncertainty abounds, with slower growth in many places and plenty of policy risk. Here are five key issues to watch in 2020. […]Daniel Schwanen – Ministerial Mandate Letter: Minister Of Canadian Heritage And Multiculturalism
As Canada forms its next government, the Prime Minister’s Office will be preparing ministerial mandate letters. In this special Intelligence Memo series, policy experts highlight key challenges and priorities in each minister’s portfolio. From: Daniel Schwanen To: The incoming Minister of Canadian Heritage and Multiculturalism Date: November 15, 2019 Cultural activities are central to Canadians’ well-being, prosperity […] Grant Bishop – Ministerial Mandate Letters: Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development
As Canada forms its next government, the Prime Minister’s Office will be preparing ministerial mandate letters. In this special Intelligence Memo series, policy experts highlight key challenges and priorities in each minister’s portfolio. From: Grant Bishop To: The incoming Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Date: November 6, 2019 In this mandate, the federal government should […] William B.P. Robson – Canada’s Lagging Investment Threatens Your Future
From: William B.P. Robson To: Canadian Workers Date: September 10, 2019 Re: Canada’s Lagging Investment Threatens Your Future Capital investment boosts economic activity and jobs in the short run, and equips Canadian workers to raise their output and earn higher incomes over time. When Canada’s stock of machinery, buildings, engineering infrastructure and intellectual property grows, each Canadian worker gains […] Thin Capitalization: Weak Business Investment Undermines Canadian Workers
After years of relatively robust performance, business investment in Canada has slipped ominously, according to a new report published by the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Thin Capitalization: Weak Business Investment Undermines Canadian Workers,” author William B.P. Robson warns that lagging capital investment in Canada has crippled Canadian workers’ ability to increase production and earn higher […] Comey, Atkinson – Regent Debate: Should Governments Regulate Big Tech to Protect the Public Interest?
The C.D. Howe Institute’s third Regent Debate recently addressed the question: Should Governments Regulate Big Tech to Protect the Public Interest? Today, former FBI director James Comey and Robert Atkinson, head of Washington’s Information and Technology Innovation Foundation, offered their rebuttals. James Comey: It appears we agree up here on two things. The first is that government […] William Robson on BNN – Business investment slipping in Canada
William Robson, president and CEO of the C.D. Howe Institute, joins BNN Bloomberg to discuss business investment in Canada.
Melanie Aitken – Regent Debate: Tech has Outstripped Competition Oversight
The C.D. Howe Institute’s third Regent Debate recently addressed the question: Should Governments Regulate Big Tech to Protect the Public Interest? Melanie Aitken, former Commissioner of the Competition Bureau of Canada, argued for the proposition. From: Melanie Aitken To: Canadians Concerned about Big Tech Date: August 14, 2019 Re: Regent Debate: Tech has Outstripped Competition Oversight The cost of […] Glen Hodgson – Sustainable Finance: From the Margins to the Mainstream
From: Glen Hodgson To: Canada’s finance ministers and financial industry Date: June 28, 2019 Re: Sustainable Finance: From the Margins to the Mainstream Canada has been lagging international developments in sustainable finance – still regarding green finance as a marginal activity as other nations pile in. To address the issue, the federal government last year set up an expert […] Jeremy Kronick on BNN – Getting private equity involved to scale up Canadian companies
A new report from C.D. Howe says private equity is part of the solution for corporate Canada’s scaling problem. For more on this, BNN Bloomberg spoke with Jeremy Kronick, associate director of research at C.D. Howe Institute.
Schwanen, Kronick, Omran – Leveraging Private Equity Energy to Fuel Small Business Development
From: Daniel Schwanen, Jeremy Kronick and Farah Omran To: Canadian tax authorities Date: May 31, 2019 Re: Leveraging Private Equity Energy to Fuel Small Business Development Canadian firms generate just 73 percent as much gross domestic product per hours worked as their US peers, down from more than 90 percent in the 1980s. At the same time, fewer small […] Konrad von Finckenstein – Let the Competition Bureau see wireless industry data
From: Konrad von Finckenstein To: The CRTC and Competition Bureau Date: April 16, 2019 Re: Let the Competition Bureau see wireless industry data The CRTC is conducting a review of the mobile wireless framework. As the notice states: In recent years, mobile wireless services have been a key driver of economic growth in Canada, and today they continue to […]