Major Gift Made By The Petman Foundation

Ottawa needs to give TPP decision due process and ignore all the shouting: Globe and Mail Op-Ed

By Lawrence Herman

How does Canada tackle the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement, now that the text is finally out?

There’s been a flurry of media reporting and commentary, some of it breathless – the Twittersphere has been going berserk – some of it more reflective and analytical. There’s a vast gourmet offering of information on legal websites.

It’s hard to digest it all. Is this deal good or bad for Canada?

My advice is to stay away from Twitter and the blogs. Don’t be influenced by the shouting of narrow or sectoral interests. This is a vast and detailed agreement, negotiated over many months by skilled Canadian diplomats. It deserves careful, reasoned and balanced assessment.

During the…

William Scarth Re-appointed As A Research Fellow

Bill Robson on the Exchange: Canada’s Pipeline Future

Bill Robson, joins his Big Picture co-panelists, ArmineYalnizyan and Goldy Hyder to talk about Canada’s pipeline future now that Keystone XL has been rejected by the U.S. and there is a new federal government in Canada.

Bill Robson on The Exchange: Canada’s Climate Change Initiative

Institute President and CEO, Bill Robson, joins his Big Picture co-panelists, ArmineYalnizyan and Goldy Hyder to talk about Canada’s climate change initiative. 

In Pharmacare Reform, Incremental Progress is the Way Forward: Troy Media Op-Ed

By Åke Blomqvist and Colin Busby 

Progress towards more efficient and accessible drug plans risks stalling by strict agendas that fail to recognize the issue’s complexities. The oft-mentioned plan for universal coverage under Ottawa’s mandate is a case in point. A more realistic plan would immediately improve drug coverage for the most at-risk populations and aim to achieve universality over time by dealing with the issue of high prices and quality prescribing. 

We agree with Steve Morgan, and many others, that the degree of drug coverage in Canada is inadequate, that the way in which we pay for drugs is inefficient and inequitable, and that a national bulk purchaser is an important solution going forward.…

Watching The Watchmen: The Need For Greater Oversight Of The Competition Bureau – Report Of The C.D. Howe Institute Competition Policy Council

Watching the Watchmen: The Need for Greater Oversight of the Competition Bureau

Report of the C.D. Howe Institute Competition Policy Council

The federal government should create an independent oversight body for Canada’s Competition Bureau to periodically evaluate the Bureau’s performance and help define its strategic objectives. This is the consensus view of the C.D. Howe Institute’s Competition Policy Council, which held its tenth meeting on October 22, 2015.

Bill Robson on the Exchange: Thoughts on the New Federal Cabinet

Institute President and CEO, Bill Robson, joins his Big Picture co-panelists, ArmineYalnizyan and Goldy Hyder to talk about the new federal cabinet. 

Thomas Wilson Re-appointed As A Research Fellow

Winners And Losers Under Proposed Takeover Rules

Dump the 120-day takeover rule: Financial Post Op-Ed

By Anita Anand

This month, Suncor Energy Inc. made a hostile bid to acquire Canadian Oil Sands and in particular its 37 per cent in Syncrude Canada Ltd. The Suncor bid raises questions about the appropriate legal regime governing takeover bids in Canada. Securities regulators have not historically operated on the basis of harmonized rules governing defensive tactics that a target board, like Canadian Oil Sands, can adopt prior to or in the face of a bid. This disunity may fade away as the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) stand poised to adopt a new takeover bid regime.

Under the CSA draft rules, a takeover bid would have an irrevocable 50 per cent minimum tender condition. Once met, the rules would require an…