From: Jack Mintz To: Productivity observers Date: October 26, 2026 Re: Canada’s Crazy Quilt of Mining Taxation Needs Restitching Productivity doesn’t just depend on our tax competitiveness and how much capital investment we have. It also depends on that investment going to the most profitable uses possible. Canada’s mining tax system certainly supports capital investment, […]
From: A.J. Goulding To: Toronto water users Date: October 22, 2026 Re: Creating a water utility can help prevent drowning in rate increases Balancing affordability against the need to finance continuing essential investment in infrastructure is one of the biggest challenges facing Toronto. Part of the solution is to change the city’s approach to managing its water system by […]
Canada has a productivity problem and Canadians’ standard of living is at stake. Between 2014 and 2024, Canada’s real GDP per capita grew just 3.48 percent, compared with 20.20 percent in the United States. So, why is Canada falling behind, and what can we do about it? Jeremy Kronick, President and CEO of the C.D. […]
Canada has a productivity problem and Canadians’ standard of living is at stake. Between 2014 and 2024, Canada’s real GDP per capita grew just 3.48 percent, compared with 20.20 percent in the United States. So, why is Canada falling behind, and what can we do about it? Jeremy Kronick, President and CEO of the C.D. […]
C.D. Howe Institute Releases a Series of Recommendations to Boost Canada’s Productivity October 15, 2026 – Canada needs coordinated reforms across multiple policy areas to address its longstanding productivity problem, according to the C.D. Howe Institute’s Productivity Blueprint, released today with recommendations for policymakers across different sectors and levels of government. Canadians’ living standards have […]
L’Institut C.D. Howe publie une série de recommandations pour stimuler la productivité du Canada 15 Octobre 2026 – Le Canada doit mettre en œuvre des réformes coordonnées dans plusieurs domaines de politique publique pour remédier à son problème persistant de productivité, selon le Productivity Blueprint de l’Institut C.D. Howe, publié aujourd’hui et proposant des recommandations […]
What would Alberta gain by leaving Canada – and what could it lose? As calls for Alberta independence gain attention, former Alberta premier Jason Kenney and economist Charles St-Arnaud join Michael Hainsworth to examine the economic, political and practical consequences of separation.
What would Alberta gain by leaving Canada – and what could it lose? As calls for Alberta independence gain attention, former Alberta premier Jason Kenney and economist Charles St-Arnaud join Michael Hainsworth to examine the economic, political and practical consequences of separation.
From: Marc Desormeaux To: Ontario budget watchers Date: October 5, 2026 Re: Five Takeaways from the 2025/26 Public Accounts Last month’s annual public accounts release provides much insight into the future, as it officially closed Ontario’s books for 2025/26. A close look at the numbers reveals a mixed picture about the state of provincial finances. […]
By: William Robson and Mawakina Bafale A big question going into the first-ever Canada Investment Summit held in Toronto this week was whether Prime Minister Mark Carney could bolster his pitch for fund managers to invest more in Canada with a major policy change? He did. The exclamation point in his speech to the summit […]
To: Concerned Canadians From: Jeremy M. Kronick and Kate Koplovich Date: September 14, 2026 Re: Introducing an Alberta Referendum Series: From Talking Points to Realities Canada is at a pivotal moment in its history. We are repositioning ourselves as a country open to investment. But we do so alongside headwinds. Trade uncertainty with our largest […]
11 septembre 2026 – Alors que le gouvernement fédéral se prépare à présenter ses arguments aux investisseurs dans le cadre du Sommet canadien de l’investissement, ses premières décisions concernant les grands projets donnent à penser qu’il privilégie les projets où son intervention peut avoir le plus grand impact, selon un nouveau rapport de l’Institut C.D. […]
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From: Jack Mintz To: Productivity observers Date: October 26, 2026 Re: Canada’s Crazy Quilt of Mining Taxation Needs Restitching Productivity doesn’t just depend on our tax competitiveness and how much capital investment we have. It also depends on that investment going to the most profitable uses possible. Canada’s mining tax system certainly supports capital investment, […] 
From: A.J. Goulding To: Toronto water users Date: October 22, 2026 Re: Creating a water utility can help prevent drowning in rate increases Balancing affordability against the need to finance continuing essential investment in infrastructure is one of the biggest challenges facing Toronto. Part of the solution is to change the city’s approach to managing its water system by […] 
Canada has a productivity problem and Canadians’ standard of living is at stake. Between 2014 and 2024, Canada’s real GDP per capita grew just 3.48 percent, compared with 20.20 percent in the United States. So, why is Canada falling behind, and what can we do about it? Jeremy Kronick, President and CEO of the C.D. […] 
What would Alberta gain by leaving Canada – and what could it lose? As calls for Alberta independence gain attention, former Alberta premier Jason Kenney and economist Charles St-Arnaud join Michael Hainsworth to examine the economic, political and practical consequences of separation. 
From: Marc Desormeaux To: Ontario budget watchers Date: October 5, 2026 Re: Five Takeaways from the 2025/26 Public Accounts Last month’s annual public accounts release provides much insight into the future, as it officially closed Ontario’s books for 2025/26. A close look at the numbers reveals a mixed picture about the state of provincial finances. […] 
By: William Robson and Mawakina Bafale A big question going into the first-ever Canada Investment Summit held in Toronto this week was whether Prime Minister Mark Carney could bolster his pitch for fund managers to invest more in Canada with a major policy change? He did. The exclamation point in his speech to the summit […] 
To: Concerned Canadians From: Jeremy M. Kronick and Kate Koplovich Date: September 14, 2026 Re: Introducing an Alberta Referendum Series: From Talking Points to Realities Canada is at a pivotal moment in its history. We are repositioning ourselves as a country open to investment. But we do so alongside headwinds. Trade uncertainty with our largest […]