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Ottawa Spent the Windfall and Left Canadians With the Deficit: Budget 2026 Review

Don Drummond, Parisa Mahboubi, William B.P. Robson
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Ottawa Spent the Windfall and Left Canadians With the Deficit: Budget 2026 Review

Don Drummond, Parisa Mahboubi, William B.P. Robson
  • Fiscal and Tax Policy
  • Opinions & Editorials

We give the federal budget a ‘D’

Don Drummond, William B.P. Robson
  • Fiscal and Tax Policy
  • Intelligence Memos

Monster IPOs Upending the World of Underwriting

Ari Pandes, Jay R. Ritter
  • Innovation and Business Growth
  • Intelligence Memos

Program Evaluation: Closing the Gap between Principle and Practice

John Lester
  • Public Governance and Accountability
  • Intelligence Memos

Grading Tomorrow’s Federal Budget

Don Drummond, William B.P. Robson
  • Fiscal and Tax Policy
  • Intelligence Memos

Ontario’s Fiscal Update Points to a Slightly Worse Fiscal Outlook

Charles Lammam
  • Public Governance and Accountability
  • Intelligence Memos

Latest Survey Reveals the Labour Market Weakness Lurking Under the Surface

Nicholas Dahir, Don Drummond
  • Education, Skills and Labour Market
  • Intelligence Memos

Last Week’s Rate Hike Arrived Too Early

Steve Ambler, Jeremy Kronick
  • Monetary Policy
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Ottawa Spent the Windfall and Left Canadians With the Deficit: Budget 2026 Review
Don Drummond, Parisa Mahboubi, William B.P. Robson
Demographics and Immigration
November 6, 2026
Research

A Matter of Degrees: Understanding Immigrant Skills and Labour-Market Outcomes
Parisa Mahboubi
Demographics and Immigration
October 27, 2026
Graphic Intelligence

Literacy Gaps Between Immigrants and Non-Immigrants Across Education Levels in Canada
Demographics and Immigration
October 26, 2026
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Could Alberta Really Afford to Separate from Canada?
The Honourable Jason Kenney PC, ECA, Charles St-Arnaud
Demographics and Immigration
October 8, 2026
Podcasts

Could Alberta Really Afford to Separate from Canada?
The Honourable Jason Kenney PC, ECA, Charles St-Arnaud
Demographics and Immigration
October 8, 2026
Intelligence Memos

Introducing an Alberta Referendum Series: From Talking Points to Realities
Kate Koplovich, Jeremy Kronick
Demographics and Immigration
September 14, 2026
Council Reports

Line of Sight: Canada Needs Transparent and Predictable Immigration Targets
Demographics and Immigration
September 3, 2026
Intelligence Memos

Canada’s Childcare Plan: Affordable, but Still Out of Reach 
Parisa Mahboubi, Tingting Zhang
Demographics and Immigration
August 18, 2026
Opinions & Editorials

Fixing the broken dream of $10-a-day child care
Parisa Mahboubi, Tingting Zhang
Demographics and Immigration
August 10, 2026
Intelligence Memos

Faster Processing, Not Co-payments, Needed to Put a Lid on Refugee Healthcare Costs
Tingting Zhang
Demographics and Immigration
August 10, 2026
Intelligence Memos

The Clear First Principle for Canada’s Economic Immigration Policy
Marc Desormeaux
Demographics and Immigration
July 15, 2026
Intelligence Memos

The Canadian Economy Was Struggling Long Before GDP Growth Turned Negative 
Nicholas Dahir, Don Drummond
Demographics and Immigration
June 9, 2026
Research

2025 Labour Market Review: Trade Uncertainty, Structural Pressures, and Policy Priorities for Canada
Parisa Mahboubi, Tingting Zhang
Demographics and Immigration
May 28, 2026
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Why Gen Z Can’t Find Jobs Right Now | Labour Economist Tammy Schirle Explains
Tammy Schirle
Demographics and Immigration
May 15, 2026
Podcasts

Why Gen Z Can’t Find Jobs Right Now | Labour Economist Tammy Schirle Explains
Tammy Schirle
Demographics and Immigration
May 14, 2026
Research

Resetting Expectations: Canada’s Economy in a Lower-Immigration Era
Don Drummond, Parisa Mahboubi
Demographics and Immigration
May 6, 2026
Research

Selection Matters: Lessons from Two Decades of Immigrant Earnings
Mikal Skuterud, Ruiwen Zhang
Demographics and Immigration
April 16, 2026
Intelligence Memos

CANZUK-plus Labour Mobility Deals Would be Win-Win 
Christopher Worswick
Demographics and Immigration
March 18, 2026
Intelligence Memos

Fixing Canada’s Asylum Policy
James Yousif
Demographics and Immigration
March 3, 2026
Opinions & Editorials

Canada has a hidden asylum-policy problem
James Yousif
Demographics and Immigration
February 17, 2026
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