Canada’s Efforts to Reduce Drug Prices Should Avoid “Free Riding”
Canada’s efforts to reduce pharmaceutical prices should not come at the cost of contributing our fair share to developing new treatment innovations, and should rely more on negotiations with manufacturers than regulation, according to a new paper released by the C.D. Howe…Tammy Schirle – When Markets Fail: The Case For Government Intervention In Elcc Provision
From: Tammy Schirle To: Canadians Concerned about Childcare Date: August 19, 2021 Re: When Markets Fail: The Case for Government Intervention in ELCC Provision It’s easy to find an economist who likes well-functioning, perfectly competitive markets. I’m one of them. Some markets for goods and services are best left to work on their own, with nothing more than […] D. Daniel Sokol – Some Principles For Regulating Big Tech
To: Canadians concerned about competition From: D. Daniel Sokol Date: August 17, 2021 Re: Some Principles for Regulating Big Tech Cases around the world have targeted technology platforms large and small. In some settings, regulatory initiatives have been introduced that focus not on enforcement, but on getting the politically expedient result, which can create unintended consequences by hurting economic […] Devlin, Rowlands, Mahboubi – Immigration Remains The Key To Housing Prices
To: Canadian real estate watchers From: Ed Devlin, Thomas Rowlands and Parisa Mahboubi Date: August 16, 2021 Re: Immigration remains the key to housing prices Canada’s housing market is among the hottest in the world. The continued strength in the market, despite the pandemic and higher construction costs, has fueled debate around restrictions on housing supply. However, the recent soaring […] Drummond, Sinclair, Gladkov – Reach For The Healthcare Podium
From: Don Drummond, Duncan Sinclair and Philipp Gladkov To: Canadians concerned about healthcare Date: August 13, 2021 Re: Reach for the Healthcare Podium Healthcare’s goals are two-fold. Treating people to help them recover from ill-health, injury, and disability has been the predominant focus since the establishment of medicare as a key component of Canada’s social safety net. Meanwhile, optimizing […] Don Drummond – It’s 2035. Do You Know Where Your Deficit Is?
From: Don Drummond To: Canadian debt watchers Date: August 11, 2021 Re: It’s 2035. Do you know where your deficit is? As the Liberal government in Ottawa starts ramping up for the big October 19 celebration of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s 20 years in power, fiscal storm clouds loom. A gradual but modest rise in interest rates, the continuation […] Best in Health: Creating a Comprehensive Health Information Ecosystem
Canada Needs a Broader Vision of Healthcare Canada needs a broader vision of healthcare that balances restoring health, the current focus, with promoting health, according to a working paper released by the C.D. Howe Institute. Authors Don Drummond, Duncan Sinclair and Philipp Gladkov discuss how this balance can be corrected, while consolidating Canada’s fragmented health data […] Canada Needs a Broader Vision of Healthcare
Canada needs a broader vision of healthcare that balances restoring health, the current focus, with promoting health, according to a working paper released by the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Best in Health: Creating a Comprehensive Health Information Ecosystem,” authors Don…Balyk, Livingston, Hastings-simon, Bishop – Unpacking Ottawa’s Ambitious Carbon Plan For Cars And Trucks
To: Canadians concerned about carbon From: Joel Balyk, Brian Livingston, Sara Hastings-Simon and Grant Bishop Date: August 9, 2021 Re: Unpacking Ottawa’s Ambitious Carbon Plan for Cars and Trucks The federal government’s “strengthened climate plan,” projects a reduction of 213 megatonnes of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions – or 30 percent of 2018 nationwide GHGs – by 2030. It seeks […] S3 E15: The Charter and Vaccine Passports
As the debate over vaccine passports continues, time is slipping away. In the report “Vaccine Ins and Outs: An Exploration of the Legal Issues Raised by Vaccine Passports,” two of its authors joined the C.D. Howe Institute Podcast to explain why a well designed passport will work – and is critical to putting COVID-19 behind us. Paul Johnson – Let’s Keep Competition The Focus Of Canada’s Competition Act
From: Paul Johnson To: Competition Policy Watchers Date: August 3, 2021 Re: Let’s Keep Competition the Focus of Canada’s Competition Act New voices are challenging competition policy’s status quo by advocating expansion of its goals to protect and promote, not only competition, but public interest goals like equality, free speech, and even democracy. As it considers reforms to its […] Glen Hodgson on BNN – Blue Jays Return to Toronto to Boost Local Economy
Glen Hodgson, Fellow-in-Residence at the C.D. Howe Institute talks about the boost to local GDP from the Blue Jays coming back to Toronto and the Rogers Centre being allowed up to 15,000 attendees. And while he sees huge pent-up demand, he does caution that there will be a catch-up in return to normalcy for baseball and other sporting events over the next three to five years.