From: Harvey NaglieTo: Trade war watchersDate: April 24, 2025Re: Reimagining Canada’s Trade Strategy in Response to US Pressures The C.D. Howe Institute’s report on Canada’s response to intensifying US trade pressures offers a pragmatic blueprint centered on economic de-risking, strategic diplomacy, and safeguarding existing trade frameworks like CUSMA/USMCA. Its recommendations – strengthening economic foundations, restrained retaliation, support for tariff-affected […]
To: Canada’s Next GovernmentFrom: John LesterDate: April 22, 2025Re: Responding to Trump’s Trade War Donald Trump’s decision to pause his “reciprocal” tariffs for 90 days doesn’t affect Canada. We still face the previously announced 25 percent tariff on all imports that don’t comply with the Canada-US-Mexico Agreement and additional levies on autos, aluminum, steel, oil and potash that will seriously […]
From: Lawrence HermanTo: Trade observersDate: April 16, 2025Re: Ottawa has the Power to Free Interprovincial Trade. It Must Use It At his news conference following Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariff announcements on April 3, Prime Minister Mark Carney repeated the point he had been making for weeks: Removing internal trade barriers across the country would be part of his […]
Published in The Hub. In geopolitics, the strong are rarely threatened, much less attacked. As we weigh the options for the future of our country in the midst of a federal election, Canada finds itself a target from our neighbour to the south because we are economically weak. The good news is that our weakness […]
The C.D. Howe Institute’s Alexandre Laurin and theZoomer panel tackle the battle over benefits, ballots, and the future of Canada in this pre-election special.
From: Catherine BeaudryTo: Concerned Canadians Date: April 3, 2025Re: Let’s Not Let This Crisis Go to Waste Faced with people who constantly threaten others, my father used to say: bien faire et laisser braire, which literally translates as “do a good job and let them bray.” Wartime Britain’s “keep calm and carry on,” now so popular, is another version. […]
To: Potential federal finance ministersFrom: Don Drummond, Alexandre Laurin and William B.P. RobsonDate: April 2, 2025Re: Sustainable Growth-Friendly Tax Reform: The 2025 Shadow Budget The federal government’s fiscal policy over the past decade has featured ballooning spending, excessive borrowing, and growth-discouraging taxation. With US trade aggression darkening the picture, Canada urgently needs tax changes that will encourage […]
From: Daniel Safayeni and Claudia DessantiTo: Political and economic observersDate: March 27, 2025Re: Canada Needs a National Growth Strategy As Canadians prepare to head to the polls, the policies coming out of this snap federal election ought to focus on the long-term. To be sure, the threats posed by a second Trump administration – from protectionist tariffs to […]
From: Matthew McLeishTo: Economy observersDate: March 20, 2025Re: Provincial governments are walking a tightrope of fiscal short-termism – it’s time to get serious Economic concerns have dominated Canadian politics in recent years, with inflation and post-pandemic recovery taking centre stage. The cost of living tops most polls – 71 percent in one survey last summer – as an issue. […]
March 18, 2025 – Stagnant living standards and US trade aggression mean the federal government must put growing Canada’s economy first, says the C.D. Howe Institute’s 2025 Shadow Budget. In “Putting Canada’s Economy First: The C.D. Howe Institute’s 2025 Shadow Budget,” authors William B.P. Robson, Don Drummond and Alexandre Laurin respond to Canada’s long-standing fiscal […]
This Shadow Budget restores surpluses by 2028/29, lowering the debt ratio from its current level above 42 percent to 35 percent by 2029/30. It also sets Canada on a path to increase its defence spending to meet its 2 percent NATO commitment, increasing defence spending $16 billion compared to plans.
From: Don DrummondTo: Economy observersDate: March 14, 2025Re: How to Get Our House in Tariff-War Order Understandably, the focus of Canadian political leaders is on the imposition of US tariffs and the devastating effect they will have on the Canadian economy. But Canada must also address the fundamental weaknesses in our economy the tariffs have exposed and there is no time for […]
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From: Harvey NaglieTo: Trade war watchersDate: April 24, 2025Re: Reimagining Canada’s Trade Strategy in Response to US Pressures The C.D. Howe Institute’s report on Canada’s response to intensifying US trade pressures offers a pragmatic blueprint centered on economic de-risking, strategic diplomacy, and safeguarding existing trade frameworks like CUSMA/USMCA. Its recommendations – strengthening economic foundations, restrained retaliation, support for tariff-affected […] 
To: Canada’s Next GovernmentFrom: John LesterDate: April 22, 2025Re: Responding to Trump’s Trade War Donald Trump’s decision to pause his “reciprocal” tariffs for 90 days doesn’t affect Canada. We still face the previously announced 25 percent tariff on all imports that don’t comply with the Canada-US-Mexico Agreement and additional levies on autos, aluminum, steel, oil and potash that will seriously […] 
From: Lawrence HermanTo: Trade observersDate: April 16, 2025Re: Ottawa has the Power to Free Interprovincial Trade. It Must Use It At his news conference following Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariff announcements on April 3, Prime Minister Mark Carney repeated the point he had been making for weeks: Removing internal trade barriers across the country would be part of his […] 
The C.D. Howe Institute’s Alexandre Laurin and theZoomer panel tackle the battle over benefits, ballots, and the future of Canada in this pre-election special. 
From: Catherine BeaudryTo: Concerned Canadians Date: April 3, 2025Re: Let’s Not Let This Crisis Go to Waste Faced with people who constantly threaten others, my father used to say: bien faire et laisser braire, which literally translates as “do a good job and let them bray.” Wartime Britain’s “keep calm and carry on,” now so popular, is another version. […] 
To: Potential federal finance ministersFrom: Don Drummond, Alexandre Laurin and William B.P. RobsonDate: April 2, 2025Re: Sustainable Growth-Friendly Tax Reform: The 2025 Shadow Budget The federal government’s fiscal policy over the past decade has featured ballooning spending, excessive borrowing, and growth-discouraging taxation. With US trade aggression darkening the picture, Canada urgently needs tax changes that will encourage […] 
From: Daniel Safayeni and Claudia DessantiTo: Political and economic observersDate: March 27, 2025Re: Canada Needs a National Growth Strategy As Canadians prepare to head to the polls, the policies coming out of this snap federal election ought to focus on the long-term. To be sure, the threats posed by a second Trump administration – from protectionist tariffs to […] 
From: Matthew McLeishTo: Economy observersDate: March 20, 2025Re: Provincial governments are walking a tightrope of fiscal short-termism – it’s time to get serious Economic concerns have dominated Canadian politics in recent years, with inflation and post-pandemic recovery taking centre stage. The cost of living tops most polls – 71 percent in one survey last summer – as an issue. […] 
This Shadow Budget restores surpluses by 2028/29, lowering the debt ratio from its current level above 42 percent to 35 percent by 2029/30. It also sets Canada on a path to increase its defence spending to meet its 2 percent NATO commitment, increasing defence spending $16 billion compared to plans. 
From: Don DrummondTo: Economy observersDate: March 14, 2025Re: How to Get Our House in Tariff-War Order Understandably, the focus of Canadian political leaders is on the imposition of US tariffs and the devastating effect they will have on the Canadian economy. But Canada must also address the fundamental weaknesses in our economy the tariffs have exposed and there is no time for […]