Canada’s Recovery Plans Should Focus On Building The Infrastructure Of The Future – Globe And Mail Op-ed
In the past weeks, Canada’s economy has begun to reopen. This restart is tentative and faces great uncertainty. Nonetheless, Canada’s governments must now turn to planning for our economic recovery. The recovery plans should focus on laying foundations for Canadian prosperity in decades to come. Well-targeted infrastructure investments should be the centrepiece.
Notwithstanding the risk of a second wave for the pandemic, all indications are for a long, hard recovery rather than any “V-shaped” bounceback. Canada’s economy will likely face a period of weak demand from consumers and for our major exports, as well as depressed capital spending by private business.
Managing the crisis required unprecedented outlays by the…
Accelerate Infrastructure Projects and Adapt Restructuring Processes: Crisis Working Group on Business Continuity and Trade
June 17, 2020 – Accelerating productivity-enhancing infrastructure projects could provide much-needed stimulus and help Canada’s economy recover from the COVID-19 crisis, according to a C.D. Howe Institute Crisis Working Group.
The Crisis Working Group on Business Continuity and Trade, in its most recent meetings on May 26 and June 2, 2020, also emphasized the need for adapting Canada’s bankruptcy and restructuring process to cope with the potential for widespread insolvencies.
The group of industry experts and economists, co-chaired by Dwight Duncan, Senior Strategic Advisor at McMillan LLP and former Ontario Minister of Finance, and Jeanette Patell, Vice-President of Government Affairs and Policy for GE Canada,…
When the pandemic subsides, preserving the arts must be a top priority for governments – Globe and Mail Op-Ed
One of the tragedies of the COVID-19 crisis is its devastation of arts and culture organizations in this country. Even with emergency support by the federal government, the future for many of these groups is uncertain. As the economy slowly opens up, crowd restrictions and social distancing will mean galleries, museums and the performing arts generally (theatre, music, dance), will face tremendous challenges. Many see a dim and uncertain horizon ahead as revenues shrink or disappear.
Financial struggles were a long-standing a fact of life for the arts community well before the pandemic crisis. Notwithstanding pre-pandemic increases in public funding, including the injection of new money for the Canada Council, public financing…
Dwight Duncan on BNN – Financing bridge needed to protect at-risk sectors
Dwight Duncan, co-chair of the C.D. Howe Institute’s Crisis Working Group on Business Continuity and Trade, joins BNN Bloomberg to discuss the kind of government support needed for at-risk sectors amid the pandemic.
Supporting Growth, Restoring Confidence: A Shadow Federal Budget for 2020
Federal Budget Must Spur Growth, Restore Confidence Ottawa must support economic growth and restore Canadians’ confidence in the country’s fiscal management, according to the C.D. Howe Institute’s annual Federal Shadow Budget. Authors William B.P. Robson and Alexandre Laurin show Ottawa could balance federal finances by 2025 through a combination of measures to boost growth and […] Edward Glaeser – Solving The Housing Price Crisis, Part II
From: Edward Glaeser To: Canadians concerned about housing prices Date: March 4, 2020 Re: Solving the Housing Price Crisis, Part II The regulations and structures around housing markets are essentially rigged against the millennial generation trying to break in to the market. They protect existing homeowners against both the nuisance of new construction, any potential negative side effects of […] Robert Siddall – Assessing Climate Change Impacts On P3s
From: Robert Siddall To: Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, and Bill Morneau, Minister of Finance Date: February 10, 2020 Re: Assessing Climate Change Impacts on P3s Public-private partnerships succeed when both parties can adequately identify and quantify risks and then effectively allocate them to the party best suited to manage these risks. Climate change will affect […] S2 E1 – New Urbanism with Dan Doctoroff
Sidewalk Labs CEO Dan Doctoroff tells Michael Hainsworth he’s optimistic the delayed decision on a 21st century “city within a city” will be a green light, discusses the data privacy issues with the Toronto Quayside plan, and outlines some of the advances the company has researched in sustainable and affordable housing. S1 E18 – Mandate 2020
New year, new opportunity. 2020 will be the Federal Government’s first real opportunity to build on the platforms of the October 2019 election. Queen’s University adjunct professor Don Drummond and the Institute’s Ben Dachis look ahead to the first full year of governing the new minority government. Michael Fenn – Assessing Ottawa’s New Infrastructure Mandate
From: Michael Fenn To: Canadians concerned about infrastructure Date: December 18, 2019 Re: Assessing Ottawa’s new Infrastructure Mandate Mandate letters arrived for federal ministers last week; 36 lists of New Year’s resolutions. Let’s examine how the letter received by new Infrastructure and Communities Minister Catherine McKenna aligns with the challenges she – and Canada – face. It contains 16 […] Benjamin Dachis – Mandate Letters To The Incoming Canadian Government
To: The Incoming Federal Government Date: October 21, 2019 From: Benjamin Dachis Re: Mandate letters to the incoming Canadian government Today, Canadians go to the polls to elect the 43rd Parliament. The shape of the next government is uncertain. But no matter the outcome, improving the living standards of Canadians should be at the forefront of the government’s agenda. This […] 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 […]