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Complex financial rules price out people who need advice most

Gary Edwards
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Bank of Canada Should Cut Overnight Rate to 2.25 Percent, then Hold, Says C.D. Howe Institute Monetary Policy Council

  • Financial Services and Regulation, Monetary Policy
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Making the Grade: The Fiscal Accountability Report Card for Canada’s Senior Governments, 2025

Nicholas Dahir, William B.P. Robson
  • Fiscal and Tax Policy, Public Governance and Accountability
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Let’s Go on the Offensive and Score

Catherine Beaudry
  • Innovation and Business Growth
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Pruning the Rulebook: Canada’s Financial Regulatory Scorecard, Year Two

Gherardo Caracciolo
  • Financial Services and Regulation, Industry Regulation and Competition Policy, Innovation and Business Growth
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Fall budgets are a good idea, accounting changes aren’t

Yves Giroux, Alexandre Laurin
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Did the Trump administration just side with Canada in a treaty dispute?

Lawrence Herman
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We Need to Worry More About Canada’s Economic Growth

David Dodge, Don Drummond
  • Innovation and Business Growth, Trade and International Policy
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Regulatory Reset: A Policy Roadmap for Expanding Financial Advice to Middle- and Lower-Income Canadians

Gary Edwards
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Intelligence Memos

Peter Howitt’s Work Goes Well Beyond Economic Growth Theory
Steve Ambler
Monetary Policy
October 23, 2025
Intelligence Memos

Fall Budgets Good; New Capital Investment Definition Bad
Yves Giroux, Alexandre Laurin
Fiscal and Tax Policy
October 22, 2025
Intelligence Memos

Ottawa promet plus de transparence, mais sa nouvelle astuce comptable fait l’inverse
Yves Giroux, Alexandre Laurin
Fiscal and Tax Policy
October 22, 2025
Intelligence Memos

Governments Need to Create Winning Conditions, and Not Pick Winners
Janice Mackinnon
Public Governance and Accountability
October 21, 2025
Intelligence Memos

Hold the Phone: There’s One Treaty the White House Likes
Lawrence Herman
Trade and International Policy
October 16, 2025
Intelligence Memos

Peter Howitt’s Economic Policy Contributions at the C.D. Howe Institute
Colin Busby
Public Governance and Accountability
October 15, 2025
Intelligence Memos

Beware the Positive Economic Forecasts; Let’s Plan for Trouble
David Dodge, Don Drummond
Trade and International Policy
October 14, 2025
Intelligence Memos

The Underappreciated Immigration Success Story
Henry Lotin
Demographics and Immigration
October 10, 2025
Intelligence Memos

Immigration Reform Begins with Simplifying the System
Parisa Mahboubi
Demographics and Immigration
October 8, 2025
Intelligence Memos

Beware the False Comfort in PBO Deficit Projections
Don Drummond, Alexandre Laurin, William B.P. Robson
Fiscal and Tax Policy
October 7, 2025
Intelligence Memos

Postal Transformation is a Litmus Test for Ottawa
Les Viner
Public Governance and Accountability
October 6, 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

We Need to Get Going on Canada’s Four-Alarm Productivity Emergency
Mawakina Bafale, William B.P. Robson
Innovation and Business Growth
October 1, 2025
Intelligence Memos

Restoring Credibility to Canada’s Climate Change Policies and Targets
Lennie Kaplan
Industry Regulation and Competition Policy
September 30, 2025
Intelligence Memos

Pharmacare Reset: Get the Best Value for the Public Dime
Rosalie Wyonch
Health Policy
September 25, 2025
Intelligence Memos

Arithmetic Upends the Trump Mercantilist Fallacy
Steve Ambler, Jerzy Konieczny
Trade and International Policy
September 23, 2025
Intelligence Memos

More Rate Cuts to Come if Inflation Stays Subdued
Steve Ambler, Jeremy Kronick
Monetary Policy
September 22, 2025
Intelligence Memos

A Better Way to Measure School Performance
David R. Johnson
Education, Skills and Labour Market
September 19, 2025
Intelligence Memos

The Role of AI in Care Teams: To Complement, Not Substitute
Will Falk
Health Policy
September 17, 2025
Intelligence Memos

Public Service Cuts Coming: Here’s How to Do It Well
Michael Wernick
Public Governance and Accountability
September 16, 2025
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