From: Les VinerTo: Postal observersDate: October 6, 2025Re:Â Postal Transformation is a Litmus Test for Ottawa Last month, the federal government ordered Canada Post to develop a transformation plan to put itself on a financially sustainable footing. It gave the Crown corporation a green light to trim and modernize its network, end most door-to-door delivery, expand […]
From: Brad Gilmour and Sander DuncansonTo: Major project watchersDate: October 3, 2025Re: Bill C-5 – Pros, Cons, and Options for Domestic Investors Pessimism about the ability to advance Canadian projects has made infrastructure investors wary. Lack of confidence has grown from necessary yet increasingly uncertain and complicated environmental and regulatory approval processes, with multiple layers […]
From: Lennie KaplanTo: Climate policy watchersDate: September 30, 2025Re: Restoring Credibility to Canada’s Climate Change Policies and Targets There are three things to watch for this fall as the federal government reviews and renews its climate change policies and targets. Under the Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act, Environment and Climate Change Canada must prepare a […]
From: Michael WernickTo: Public service observersDate: September 16, 2025Re: Public Service Cuts Coming: Here’s How to Do It Well As Parliament rolls into it its new session, it is increasingly clear that the next couple of federal budgets are going to bring about a sharp bending of the curve regarding the size of the federal government’s workforce. […]
The fall sitting of the House of Commons begins today, and it’s an uphill battle for Canada’s novice politician turned Prime Minister. Veteran political affairs reporter Paul Wells joins the C.D. Howe Institute’s Colin Busby to discuss what Parliament Hill’s policy priorities should be.
The fall sitting of the House of Commons begins today, and it’s an uphill battle for Canada’s novice politician turned Prime Minister. Veteran political affairs reporter Paul Wells joins the C.D. Howe Institute’s Colin Busby to discuss what Parliament Hill’s policy priorities should be. Â
From: Don DrummondTo: Economy observersDate: September 15, 2025Re: Canada’s New Economic Model Should Begin with the Budget A trading nation, Canada lives next to what has long been a big welcoming market in a generally competitive free-trading world. That once free American market is fast being restricted by tariffs, for now made passably permeable by the […]
From: Mikal SkuterudTo: Labour Market WatchersDate: September 9, 2025Re: A Realistic Strategy to Wean Canadian Businesses Off Low-Skill Foreign Labour Uprooting one’s life to settle in a new country is always daunting, but it’s particularly unnerving when immigration rules are in constant flux. Attracting foreign talent requires a system that is stable, transparent, and predictable. […]
From: Lennie KaplanTo: Alberta fiscal observersDate: September 8, 2025Re: Transparency, please, for Alberta’s Productivity Review Cabinet Committee The work of the Alberta government’s “cost-cutting” cabinet committee, know as the Productivity Review Cabinet Committee (PRCC), continues to be kept out of main view, and the results of its activities should be disclosed to Albertans in the […]
From: Harvey NaglieTo: Productivity watchersDate: September 4, 2025Re: Move Now: A 12-Month Capacity Reset for Canada Canada’s longstanding policy playbook – add population, launch programs, and assume headline growth will translate into rising living standards – is no longer fit for purpose. The window to make changes is shrinking: Every year of delay worsens per-capita […]
From: Colin BusbyTo: Postal observers, and Treasury Board President Shafqat AliDate: August 18, 2025Re: The Canada Post Test for the Carney Efficiency Campaign The Carney government says it will spend less, invest more and make government more efficient. Its bold, new defence commitments mean that cuts to operational spending will need to be much wider […]
Like the 2008/09 financial crisis and recession a decade earlier, the COVID pandemic triggered a build-up of debt by Canadian households, nonfinancial corporations, the federal government and other (provincial and local) governments. After 2008/09, the debts of households, nonfinancial corporations and other governments tended to rise relative to GDP, while fiscal consolidation lowered the federal […]
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From: Les VinerTo: Postal observersDate: October 6, 2025Re:Â Postal Transformation is a Litmus Test for Ottawa Last month, the federal government ordered Canada Post to develop a transformation plan to put itself on a financially sustainable footing. It gave the Crown corporation a green light to trim and modernize its network, end most door-to-door delivery, expand […] 
From: Brad Gilmour and Sander DuncansonTo: Major project watchersDate: October 3, 2025Re: Bill C-5 – Pros, Cons, and Options for Domestic Investors Pessimism about the ability to advance Canadian projects has made infrastructure investors wary. Lack of confidence has grown from necessary yet increasingly uncertain and complicated environmental and regulatory approval processes, with multiple layers […] 
From: Lennie KaplanTo: Climate policy watchersDate: September 30, 2025Re: Restoring Credibility to Canada’s Climate Change Policies and Targets There are three things to watch for this fall as the federal government reviews and renews its climate change policies and targets. Under the Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act, Environment and Climate Change Canada must prepare a […] 
From: Michael WernickTo: Public service observersDate: September 16, 2025Re: Public Service Cuts Coming: Here’s How to Do It Well As Parliament rolls into it its new session, it is increasingly clear that the next couple of federal budgets are going to bring about a sharp bending of the curve regarding the size of the federal government’s workforce. […] 
The fall sitting of the House of Commons begins today, and it’s an uphill battle for Canada’s novice politician turned Prime Minister. Veteran political affairs reporter Paul Wells joins the C.D. Howe Institute’s Colin Busby to discuss what Parliament Hill’s policy priorities should be. 
From: Don DrummondTo: Economy observersDate: September 15, 2025Re: Canada’s New Economic Model Should Begin with the Budget A trading nation, Canada lives next to what has long been a big welcoming market in a generally competitive free-trading world. That once free American market is fast being restricted by tariffs, for now made passably permeable by the […] 
From: Mikal SkuterudTo: Labour Market WatchersDate: September 9, 2025Re: A Realistic Strategy to Wean Canadian Businesses Off Low-Skill Foreign Labour Uprooting one’s life to settle in a new country is always daunting, but it’s particularly unnerving when immigration rules are in constant flux. Attracting foreign talent requires a system that is stable, transparent, and predictable. […] 
From: Lennie KaplanTo: Alberta fiscal observersDate: September 8, 2025Re: Transparency, please, for Alberta’s Productivity Review Cabinet Committee The work of the Alberta government’s “cost-cutting” cabinet committee, know as the Productivity Review Cabinet Committee (PRCC), continues to be kept out of main view, and the results of its activities should be disclosed to Albertans in the […] 
From: Harvey NaglieTo: Productivity watchersDate: September 4, 2025Re: Move Now: A 12-Month Capacity Reset for Canada Canada’s longstanding policy playbook – add population, launch programs, and assume headline growth will translate into rising living standards – is no longer fit for purpose. The window to make changes is shrinking: Every year of delay worsens per-capita […] 
From: Colin BusbyTo: Postal observers, and Treasury Board President Shafqat AliDate: August 18, 2025Re: The Canada Post Test for the Carney Efficiency Campaign The Carney government says it will spend less, invest more and make government more efficient. Its bold, new defence commitments mean that cuts to operational spending will need to be much wider […] 
Like the 2008/09 financial crisis and recession a decade earlier, the COVID pandemic triggered a build-up of debt by Canadian households, nonfinancial corporations, the federal government and other (provincial and local) governments. After 2008/09, the debts of households, nonfinancial corporations and other governments tended to rise relative to GDP, while fiscal consolidation lowered the federal […]