Published in The Globe and Mail. We have become inured to the disdain of the Trump White House for international treaties and agreements as it wages trade wars against the world. Tariffs have been applied willy-nilly, contrary to fundamental rules of the World Trade Organization, resulting in global chaos and supply chain unpredictability as we try to figure […]
Published in The Globe and Mail. Recent Canadian economic forecasts show a similar profile of modest growth this year and next. Those predictions – from the Parliamentary Budget Office, Desjardins, Deloitte Canada, TD Economics and others – show the economy strengthening subsequently, returning the rate of unemployment to a level that is low by historical […]
From: William B.P. Robson and Mawakina BafaleTo: Productivity observersDate: October 1, 2025Re: We Need to Get Going on Canada’s Four-Alarm Productivity Emergency Eighteen months ago, Bank of Canada senior deputy governor Carolyn Rogers declared Canada’s poor productivity a national emergency. Since then, things have gotten worse. Our living standards are slipping: output and incomes per Canadian […]
Canada and the United States are each other’s largest trade partners in prefabricated buildings and components. In recent years, the trade balance has shifted, with Canada now exporting more prefabricated buildings and components to the United States than it imports. This shift signals Canada’s growing competitiveness in prefabricated construction and its potential role in strengthening […]
From: Steve Ambler and Jerzy Konieczny To: Trump administration observersDate: September 23, 2025Re: Arithmetic upends the Trump mercantilist fallacy This summer, the Trump administration announced trade deals with Japan and the European Union. Each involved lower barriers to US exports, more foreign direct investment into the United States, and higher US tariffs on EU and […]
Published in Financial Post. This summer, the Trump administration announced trade deals with Japan and the European Union (EU). Each involved lower barriers to U.S. exports, more foreign direct investment (FDI) into the U.S., and higher U.S. tariffs on EU and Japanese goods. The U.S. looked like it was winning on all fronts. According to […]
Jeremy Kronick, vice-president and economic analysis and strategy at the C.D. Howe Institute, joins BNN Bloomberg to analyze the Bank of Canada and U.S. FED rate cuts.
Published in The Globe and Mail. On Wednesday, the Bank of Canada cut its policy rate by 25 basis points to 2.5 per cent. The cut was widely anticipated by financial markets. The cracks in the Canadian economy we mentioned in these pages after the bank’s last announcement in July have become far more visible. Gross domestic […]
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.
From: Colin BusbyTo: Parliament watchersDate: September 12, 2025Re: The Three Big Challenges Facing Parliament Next Week Three big policy issues will be the focal point when Parliament resumes next week. The government faces a challenging balancing act as it works against the backdrop of a weakening economy – the unemployment rate is at 7.1 percent […]
Bill Robson, President and CEO of the C.D. Howe Institute, joins CBC News to share recommendations on how Ottawa can better support Canadians impacted by global tariffs amid a weakening economy and a growing federal deficit.
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Published in The Globe and Mail. We have become inured to the disdain of the Trump White House for international treaties and agreements as it wages trade wars against the world. Tariffs have been applied willy-nilly, contrary to fundamental rules of the World Trade Organization, resulting in global chaos and supply chain unpredictability as we try to figure […] 
Published in The Globe and Mail. Recent Canadian economic forecasts show a similar profile of modest growth this year and next. Those predictions – from the Parliamentary Budget Office, Desjardins, Deloitte Canada, TD Economics and others – show the economy strengthening subsequently, returning the rate of unemployment to a level that is low by historical […] 
From: William B.P. Robson and Mawakina BafaleTo: Productivity observersDate: October 1, 2025Re: We Need to Get Going on Canada’s Four-Alarm Productivity Emergency Eighteen months ago, Bank of Canada senior deputy governor Carolyn Rogers declared Canada’s poor productivity a national emergency. Since then, things have gotten worse. Our living standards are slipping: output and incomes per Canadian […] 
Canada and the United States are each other’s largest trade partners in prefabricated buildings and components. In recent years, the trade balance has shifted, with Canada now exporting more prefabricated buildings and components to the United States than it imports. This shift signals Canada’s growing competitiveness in prefabricated construction and its potential role in strengthening […] 
From: Steve Ambler and Jerzy Konieczny To: Trump administration observersDate: September 23, 2025Re: Arithmetic upends the Trump mercantilist fallacy This summer, the Trump administration announced trade deals with Japan and the European Union. Each involved lower barriers to US exports, more foreign direct investment into the United States, and higher US tariffs on EU and […] 
Published in Financial Post. This summer, the Trump administration announced trade deals with Japan and the European Union (EU). Each involved lower barriers to U.S. exports, more foreign direct investment (FDI) into the U.S., and higher U.S. tariffs on EU and Japanese goods. The U.S. looked like it was winning on all fronts. According to […] 
Published in The Globe and Mail. On Wednesday, the Bank of Canada cut its policy rate by 25 basis points to 2.5 per cent. The cut was widely anticipated by financial markets. The cracks in the Canadian economy we mentioned in these pages after the bank’s last announcement in July have become far more visible. Gross domestic […] 
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: Colin BusbyTo: Parliament watchersDate: September 12, 2025Re: The Three Big Challenges Facing Parliament Next Week Three big policy issues will be the focal point when Parliament resumes next week. The government faces a challenging balancing act as it works against the backdrop of a weakening economy – the unemployment rate is at 7.1 percent […]