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  • Intelligence Memos

How Much Do Canada’s Workers Want, And Value, Employer Pensions?

Benoit Dostie, Todd Morris
  • Financial Services and Regulation
  • Council Reports

Bank of Canada Should Maintain Overnight Rate at 2.25 Percent for Next Six Months, Increase to 2.5 Percent by Next July, Says C.D. Howe Institute Monetary Policy Council

  • Monetary Policy
  • Intelligence Memos

Open Banking Without a Scoreboard

Harvey Naglie
  • Financial Services and Regulation
  • Intelligence Memos

How to Make OSFI Even Better 

Mawakina Bafale, Jamey Hubbs
  • Financial Services and Regulation
  • Research

Finish the Job: Completing Canada’s Capital Markets Reform Agenda

Paul Bourque, Douglas M. Hyndman
  • Financial Services and Regulation
  • Intelligence Memos

How to Refine the Bank of Canada’s Communication Strategy 

Steve Ambler, Thorsten Koeppl, Jeremy Kronick
  • Monetary Policy
  • Intelligence Memos

Assessing West Coast Pipeline Commercial Viability  

Dmitriy Frolovskiy
  • Energy and Natural Resources
  • Intelligence Memos

Beyond the Terminal: A Policy Agenda for Canadian Tipping Culture

Mawakina Bafale
  • Retirement Saving and Income
  • Intelligence Memos

Trump’s Free Trade Distaste is More Than a Bargaining Ploy

Lawrence Herman
  • Trade and International Policy
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Intelligence Memos

Beyond the Terminal: A Policy Agenda for Canadian Tipping Culture
Mawakina Bafale
Retirement Saving and Income
July 2, 2026
Intelligence Memos

Houses are Not Pensions, Sowing Confusion in Debates on the Intergenerational Divide 
Colin Busby, John Stapleton
Retirement Saving and Income
June 17, 2026
Opinions & Editorials

Is your house your pension? The problem at the heart of the intergenerational divide
Colin Busby, John Stapleton
Housing
June 11, 2026
Podcasts

The Tax Credit That Could Give Millions of Canadians a Pension | Alex Mazer and Keith Ambachtsheer
Keith Ambachtsheer, Alex Mazer
Retirement Saving and Income
April 23, 2026
Videos

The Tax Credit That Could Give Millions of Canadians a Pension | Alex Mazer and Keith Ambachtsheer
Keith Ambachtsheer, Alex Mazer
Retirement Saving and Income
April 23, 2026
Intelligence Memos

Why is Ontario Spurning Big Pension Managers for its New Investment Fund?
Keith Ambachtsheer
Retirement Saving and Income
April 13, 2026
Intelligence Memos

Here’s How to Get Retirement Plans for More Canadian Workers
Keith Ambachtsheer, Alex Mazer
Retirement Saving and Income
April 7, 2026
Intelligence Memos

How UK Reforms Almost Doubled Pension Participation
Mark Fawcett
Retirement Saving and Income
April 2, 2026
Opinions & Editorials

Why a tax credit could be the key to closing Canada’s retirement coverage gap
Keith Ambachtsheer, Alex Mazer
Fiscal and Tax Policy
March 26, 2026
Intelligence Memos

A Smarter Way to Turn Retirement Savings into Lifetime Income
René Beaudry
Retirement Saving and Income
March 26, 2026
Intelligence Memos

How Retirement Benefit Clawbacks Hit Lower-Income Taxpayers Hardest
Nicholas Dahir, Alexandre Laurin
Fiscal and Tax Policy
February 6, 2026
Research

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
Intelligence Memos

Reforming Old Age Security Without Generational Conflict
John Stapleton
Retirement Saving and Income
January 9, 2026
Intelligence Memos

Portable, Pooled, and Pension-Like: Evaluating Options for Canada’s Uncovered Workers
Colin Busby, Shannan Corey
Retirement Saving and Income
December 15, 2025
Intelligence Memos

What Gets Measured Gets Results: Key Priorities for Canada’s Retirement System
Keith Ambachtsheer
Retirement Saving and Income
December 11, 2025
Intelligence Memos

How to Talk About Longevity With Retirees
John Stapleton
Retirement Saving and Income
November 24, 2025
Research

Learning to Fly: How Canadians Can Navigate a More Complex Financial Landscape
Pierre-Carl Michaud, Bernard Morency
Financial Services and Regulation
November 11, 2025
Research

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
Intelligence Memos

Deliver on RRIF Withdrawal Promises – and Fix the Underlying Problem
Alexandre Laurin, William B.P. Robson
Retirement Saving and Income
October 29, 2025
Research

Regulatory Reset: A Policy Roadmap for Expanding Financial Advice to Middle- and Lower-Income Canadians
Gary Edwards
Financial Services and Regulation
October 7, 2025
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