Brian Livingston – The Big Electric Light Truck Challenge
To: Canadian Energy Transition Watchers From: Brian Livingston Date: May 9, 2023 Re: The Big Electric Light Truck Challenge Canadian transportation policy is now operating under a Zero Emissions Vehicle (ZEV) mandate that will soon have a binding effect as Canadians try to purchase their next vehicle, particularly light trucks. The mandate requires sellers of light vehicles – SUVs, […] Falk, Jamieson – A National Digital Health Architecture is Long Overdue. Let’s Get Going
From: Will Falk and Trevor Jamieson To: Canadian Healthcare Observers Date: May 8, 2023 Re: A National Digital Health Architecture is Long Overdue. Let’s Get Going Digital health is vital for healthcare and its governance and legislative framework should be a broader federal government responsibility – not just a healthcare issue. Canada’s national digital health legislation should not be cobbled […] Jon Johnson – The Biden Administration’s New Approach to Trade
From: Jon Johnson To: Global Affairs Canada Date: May 5, 2023 Re: The Biden Administration’s New Approach to Trade Significant changes to the US government’s approach to international trade were outlined last week in a little-noted Brookings Institution presentation by White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan. These changes will hit all US trading partners, […]Housing Prices Driven Up by Barriers to Building in Canadian Cities
Governments need to take bold action to bring market prices of new housing units more in line with the cost of construction, according to a new report by the C.D. Howe Institute. In “…Zhang, Mahboubi – Improving Canada’s Immigration Consulting Industry
To: The Honourable Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship From: Tingting Zhang and Parisa Mahboubi Date: May 4, 2023 Re: Improving Canada’s Immigration Consulting Industry Canada plans to accept approximately 1.5 million immigrants by 2025 – an ambitious target that adds pressure throughout the system and also increases the demand for immigration consulting services. Canada currently has […] The Housing Pain Meter
A widely-cited 2018 C.D. Howe Institute study of major Canadian Census Metropolitan Areas (CMAs) for the 2007–16 period found that the barriers to constructing new single-detached homes – including government regulations and other market dysfunctions – added upwards of $644,000 in Vancouver, for example. This Graphic Intelligence compares those figures with similar data for the period from […] Buyers Beware: The Cost of Barriers to Building Housing in Canadian Cities
Provincial and municipal governments should cut excessive regulations on new housing development projects and lower the upfront costs on homebuyers to help Canadians grapple with skyrocketing housing prices. The author estimates the gap between the marginal cost of construction for new housing and the market price in major Canadian city areas. This gap shows the […] Brian Lewis – Make Mine a Double: Ontario’s Housing Supply Targets
From: Brian Lewis To: Ontario housing observers Date: May 3, 2023 Re: Make Mine a Double: Ontario’s Housing Supply Targets The Ontario government has embraced a goal of 1.5 million new homes being added by 2031. This is incredibly ambitious, requiring housing completions of roughly double their current levels over the next 10 years. Such a significant and […] Jeremy Kronick on BNN – Lessons learned from the Bank of Canada and U.S. Federal Reserve’s inflation fight so far
Jeremy Kronick, Director of Monetary and Financial Services Research at the C.D. Howe Institute, recently joined BNN Bloomberg to talk about the lessons learned from the Bank of Canada’s inflation fight and how it differs from the U.S. Federal Reserve.
Lawrence Herman – Battles Loom Over Green Subsidies
From: Lawrence Herman To: Canadians concerned about trade and the environment Date: May 2, 2023 Re: Battles Loom Over Green Subsidies Clouds are gathering on the trade horizon as governments subsidize ever-expanding decarbonization measures, including Ottawa’s $13 billion for Volkswagen’s new Ontario battery plant, which matched available US money. Many of these national measures to aid the transition to net-zero […]Will Canadians accept shortages of light trucks in 2030? – Financial Post Op-Ed
Canadian transportation policy is now operating under a Zero Emissions Vehicle (ZEV) mandate that will soon have a binding effect as Canadians try to purchase their next vehicle, particularly light trucks.
A ZEV mandate requires sellers of light vehicles to sell a certain minimum of ZEVs (in effect, electric vehicles or EVs) in a year. The theory is that this minimum requirement will guarantee a market for ZEVs and thus encourage construction of ZEV manufacturing facilities and phase-out of internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles.
The federal ZEV mandate proposed last December states that sales of light vehicles (passenger cars and light trucks) must be at least 20 per cent ZEVs in 2026, 60 per cent in 2030 and…
Jeremy Kronick on BNN – BoC says Inflation, Financial Stress Affecting Rate Plans
Jeremy Kronick, Director of Monetary and Financial Services Research at the C.D. Howe Institute, recently joined BNN Bloomberg to discuss Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem’s speech on balancing inflation with systemic risks.