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The Exit Interview: Bill Robson on Canada’s Economy, Policy, and the Future of Debate

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  • Podcasts

The Exit Interview: Bill Robson on Canada’s Economy, Policy, and the Future of Debate

After almost 40 years at the C.D. Howe Institute,…
  • Innovation and Business Growth

Why Canadian Students Still Can’t Do Basic Math ft. Prof Anna Stokke

  • Education, Skills and Labour Market
  • Podcasts

Why Canadian Students Still Can’t Do Basic Math ft. Prof Anna Stokke

Canada’s kids are being outperformed by many of their…
  • Education, Skills and Labour Market
Incoming Interjurisdictional Employees as a Share of Total Employment, by Province
  • Graphic Intelligence

Provincial Labour Markets Are More Interconnected Than 20 Years Ago

  • Education, Skills and Labour Market
  • Research

The Missing Pillar of Canada’s AI Strategy: Data Supply Chains

Anindya Sen
  • Industry Regulation and Competition Policy, Innovation and Business Growth

‘The Old Days Are Over’: Canada’s Chief of Defence on NATO, the Arctic & Uncertainty

  • Public Investments and Infrastructure
  • Podcasts

‘The Old Days Are Over’: Canada’s Chief of Defence on NATO, the Arctic & Uncertainty

How will Canada’s new Defence Investment Agency strengthen our…
  • Public Investments and Infrastructure
Change in the Share of Elective Surgeries Meeting Wait Time Benchmarks, 2023-2024
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Elective Surgery Wait Times in Canada: Uneven Progress in 2024

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Intelligence Memos

Hold the Outrage and Just Buy the F-35s
Sahar Hamdam, Christopher Worswick
Public Investments and Infrastructure
March 5, 2026
Opinions & Editorials

Let’s just buy the F-35s and not cut off our nose to spite our face
Christopher Worswick
Public Investments and Infrastructure
February 26, 2026
Intelligence Memos

Why Boring is Best for Nation-Building
A.J. Goulding
Public Investments and Infrastructure
February 24, 2026
Videos

‘The Old Days Are Over’: Canada’s Chief of Defence on NATO, the Arctic & Uncertainty
Public Investments and Infrastructure
February 10, 2026
Podcasts

‘The Old Days Are Over’: Canada’s Chief of Defence on NATO, the Arctic & Uncertainty
Public Investments and Infrastructure
February 10, 2026
Opinions & Editorials

Ottawa hypes investment but stokes consumption
Mawakina Bafale, William B.P. Robson
Fiscal and Tax Policy
February 6, 2026
Research

Nation-Building in Practice: A Framework for Prioritizing Major Projects in Canada
Tasnim Fariha, David Jones
Public Investments and Infrastructure
February 5, 2026
Intelligence Memos

The Canadian Curse: Execution Falters in Face of Uncertainty
David Jones
Public Investments and Infrastructure
January 12, 2026
Intelligence Memos

High-Speed Rail Can’t Arrive Fast Enough 
Tasnim Fariha, David Jones
Public Investments and Infrastructure
December 18, 2025
Opinions & Editorials

High-speed potential, high-stakes decisions: the policy case for Alto
Tasnim Fariha, David Jones
Public Investments and Infrastructure
December 11, 2025
Videos

Why Major Projects Take So Long to Build in Canada – And How to Fix It
Public Investments and Infrastructure
December 11, 2025
Podcasts

Why Major Projects Take So Long to Build in Canada – And How to Fix It
Public Investments and Infrastructure
December 11, 2025
Graphic Intelligence

Rising Government Investment Can’t Offset Canada’s Private-Sector Decline
Innovation and Business Growth
December 8, 2025
Intelligence Memos

Something Big Happened to Defence in the Budget: What it is isn’t Exactly Clear
Nicholas Dahir, Don Drummond
Public Investments and Infrastructure
December 1, 2025
Opinions & Editorials

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
Intelligence Memos

Bill C-5 – Pros, Cons, and Options for Domestic Investors
Sander Duncanson, Brad Gilmour
Industry Regulation and Competition Policy
October 3, 2025
Intelligence Memos

The Three Big Challenges Facing Parliament Next Week
Colin Busby
Fiscal and Tax Policy
September 12, 2025
Opinions & Editorials

Canada Post is a test of Ottawa’s government-efficiency goals
Colin Busby
Public Investments and Infrastructure
August 14, 2025
Intelligence Memos

We’re Still Losing the Affordable Housing War
Tasnim Fariha
Fiscal and Tax Policy
July 30, 2025
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The Exit Interview: Bill Robson on Canada’s Economy, Policy, and the Future of Debate
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Why Canadian Students Still Can’t Do Basic Math ft. Prof Anna Stokke
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‘The Old Days Are Over’: Canada’s Chief of Defence on NATO, the Arctic & Uncertainty
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