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Will Higher Oil Prices Justify More Spending in Next Week’s Budget?

Don Drummond
  • Fiscal and Tax Policy
  • Research

A Matter of Degrees: Understanding Immigrant Skills and Labour-Market Outcomes

Parisa Mahboubi
  • Demographics and Immigration
  • Intelligence Memos

Canada’s Crazy Quilt of Mining Taxation Needs Restitching

Jack Mintz
  • Energy and Natural Resources, Fiscal and Tax Policy, Public Investments and Infrastructure
  • Intelligence Memos

Rethinking the First Pillar of Canada’s Retirement Income System

Tammy Schirle
  • Retirement Saving and Income
  • Council Reports

Bank of Canada Should Maintain Overnight Rate at 2.25 Percent in 2026, Increase to 2.75 Percent by Next October, Says C.D. Howe Institute Monetary Policy Council

  • Monetary Policy
  • Intelligence Memos

Creating a Water Utility Can Help Prevent Drowning in Rate Increases

A.J. Goulding
  • Public Investments and Infrastructure
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The Growth Imperative: The C.D. Howe Institute’s 2026 Shadow Budget

Don Drummond, Alexandre Laurin, William B.P. Robson
  • Fiscal and Tax Policy
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Why Canada Is Falling Behind and What It Means for Your Paycheque

Jeremy Kronick
  • Fiscal and Tax Policy, Innovation and Business Growth, Public Investments and Infrastructure
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Why Canada Is Falling Behind and What It Means for Your Paycheque

Jeremy Kronick
  • Education, Skills and Labour Market, Fiscal and Tax Policy, Innovation and Business Growth, Public Investments and Infrastructure
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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
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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
Intelligence Memos

Let’s Get Our Existing EU Deal Up and Running Before any Membership Talk
Lawrence Herman
Trade and International Policy
October 6, 2026
Opinions & Editorials

Canada wants closer EU ties. But we already have close EU ties – and they’re a mess
Lawrence Herman
Trade and International Policy
September 22, 2026
Intelligence Memos

Alberta’s International Competitiveness: An Economic Perspective on the Referendum Debate 
Edy Wong
Trade and International Policy
September 16, 2026
Intelligence Memos

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

Canada’s Ports Needed Fixing Long Before Trump and Export Diversification Hove into View 
Charles Lammam
Public Investments and Infrastructure
September 10, 2026
Intelligence Memos

We Should Have Pulled the Plug on CUSMA Talks Earlier 
Lawrence Herman
Trade and International Policy
August 31, 2026
Intelligence Memos

Why Canada Walked Away, And What to Consider for the Future
Steve Verheul
Trade and International Policy
August 28, 2026
Opinions & Editorials

The Canada-US trade relationship has long operated on good faith. Donald Trump ended that
Lawrence Herman
Trade and International Policy
August 27, 2026
Opinions & Editorials

Canada was too soft on the U.S. for too long. That was our blunder
Lawrence Herman
Trade and International Policy
August 26, 2026
Opinions & Editorials

An independent Alberta would need to negotiate its trade and treaty relationships
Lawrence Herman
Trade and International Policy
August 19, 2026
Intelligence Memos

An Independent Alberta Would Face a Long and Winding Trade Road
Lawrence Herman
Trade and International Policy
August 19, 2026
Research

A Slice of the Market: Canada-US Tensions over Cheese Import Permits
Al Mussell
Trade and International Policy
August 18, 2026
Intelligence Memos

The US Tariff Shock Exposes Canada’s Real Trade Failure 
Jerzy Konieczny
Trade and International Policy
July 30, 2026
Graphic Intelligence

Canada Needs Better Ports to Reduce US Trade Reliance Amid Tariff Threats
Trade and International Policy
July 27, 2026
Opinions & Editorials

Canada’s CUSMA problem is a productivity problem
Parisa Mahboubi, Tingting Zhang
Business Cycle
July 23, 2026
Intelligence Memos

Trade Diversification Ambitions Face a Container Port Reality 
Charles Lammam
Public Investments and Infrastructure
July 22, 2026
Intelligence Memos

Fortress North America is a Threat to Canada’s Sovereignty
Lawrence Herman
Trade and International Policy
July 14, 2026
Opinions & Editorials

‘Fortress North America’ is a bad idea in service of a bad deal
Lawrence Herman
Trade and International Policy
July 9, 2026
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Why Canada Is Falling Behind and What It Means for Your Paycheque
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Could Alberta Really Afford to Separate from Canada?
  • Fiscal and Tax Policy
Is Canada Heading Toward a US-Style Debt Crisis?
  • Energy and Natural Resources, Public Investments and Infrastructure
What Canada Needs to Do to Build Pipelines and Win Back Investor Confidence
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