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Defence Spending and Debt: Canada’s Concerning Position Among NATO Allies 

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Accepting Asylum Claims Without a Hearing: A Critique of IRB’s “File Review” Policy

James Yousif
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Food inflation will test Bank of Canada’s limits

Steve Ambler, Jeremy Kronick
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Younger Canadians Under Pressure as Debt Stress Hits Record Highs

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Bank of Canada Should Maintain 2.25 Percent Overnight Rate for Next 12 Months, Says C.D. Howe Institute Monetary Policy Council

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Canada’s green jobs strategy needs more than good intentions

Lin Al-Akkad
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AI, Innovation, and the Productivity Crisis in Canada Explained by a Nobel Prize–Winning Economist

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AI, Innovation, and the Productivity Crisis in Canada Explained by a Nobel Prize–Winning Economist

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The Gap Between Canadian R&D and IP Ownership

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Ottawa hypes investment but stokes consumption
Mawakina Bafale, William B.P. Robson
Fiscal and Tax Policy
February 6, 2026
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How Retirement Benefit Clawbacks Hit Lower-Income Taxpayers Hardest
Nicholas Dahir, Alexandre Laurin
Fiscal and Tax Policy
February 6, 2026
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Spreading the Benefits: A Targeted Tax Credit Is Needed to Expand Retirement Plan Coverage in Canada’s Private Sector
Keith Ambachtsheer, Alex Mazer
Fiscal and Tax Policy
February 3, 2026
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Defence Spending and Debt: Canada’s Concerning Position Among NATO Allies 
Fiscal and Tax Policy
February 2, 2026
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Please, Santa, what Canada needs for Christmas is slimmer budgets
Nicholas Dahir, William B.P. Robson
Fiscal and Tax Policy
December 18, 2025
Intelligence Memos

More Distance to Travel in Controlling Federal Program Spending
John Lester
Fiscal and Tax Policy
November 20, 2025
Intelligence Memos

After the Budget: Time for Hard Hats and Signs of Progress
David Jones
Fiscal and Tax Policy
November 17, 2025
Opinions & Editorials

Ottawa’s spending cuts are a good start. But there’s more fat to be trimmed
John Lester
Fiscal and Tax Policy
November 13, 2025
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Fiscal Fantasies: Four Incredible Projections in the November 2025 Federal Budget
William B.P. Robson
Fiscal and Tax Policy
November 13, 2025
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Don Drummond on CBC News Power and Politics with David Cochrane
Fiscal and Tax Policy
November 13, 2025
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Rosy Forecasts and Weak Fiscal Anchors in This ‘Generational’ Budget
Colin Busby, Don Drummond, Alexandre Laurin
Fiscal and Tax Policy
November 12, 2025
Intelligence Memos

Is Spending Restrained or Bloated in the 2025 Federal Budget?
Nicholas Dahir, Don Drummond
Fiscal and Tax Policy
November 11, 2025
Graphic Intelligence

Three Years, 70 Billion Dollars: Canada’s Rising Spending Projections
Fiscal and Tax Policy
November 10, 2025
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Federal Health Funding: Promises and Performance Gaps
Tingting Zhang
Fiscal and Tax Policy
November 6, 2025
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Budget 2025 with Bill Robson: What Canadians Need to Know
Fiscal and Tax Policy
November 5, 2025
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Budget 2025 with Bill Robson: What Canadians Need to Know
Fiscal and Tax Policy
November 5, 2025
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The continuing credibility crisis of federal fiscal policy
William B.P. Robson
Fiscal and Tax Policy
November 5, 2025
Opinions & Editorials

A ‘generational budget’ that does little but set federal spending adrift
Colin Busby, Don Drummond, Alexandre Laurin
Fiscal and Tax Policy
November 5, 2025
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Curing Canada’s Innovation Ills
John Lester
Fiscal and Tax Policy
November 5, 2025
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The Clawback Trap: How Canada’s Benefit System Can Undermine Work and Saving
Nicholas Dahir, Alexandre Laurin
Education, Skills and Labour Market
November 3, 2025
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