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Room to Grow: Building More of the Housing Homebuyers Want

Frank Clayton
  • Housing
  • Graphic Intelligence

Canada’s Labour Productivity: Which Industries Are Leading and Lagging?

  • Education, Skills and Labour Market
  • Intelligence Memos

Why Canadians are retiring later – and why it matters for policy 

Peter Hicks, John Stapleton
  • Retirement Saving and Income
  • Opinions & Editorials

Bank of Canada should ignore the Fed and keep talking

Steve Ambler, Jeremy Kronick
  • Monetary Policy
  • 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
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Intelligence Memos

The Clear First Principle for Canada’s Economic Immigration Policy
Marc Desormeaux
Demographics and Immigration
July 15, 2026
Intelligence Memos

The Canadian Economy Was Struggling Long Before GDP Growth Turned Negative 
Nicholas Dahir, Don Drummond
Demographics and Immigration
June 9, 2026
Research

2025 Labour Market Review: Trade Uncertainty, Structural Pressures, and Policy Priorities for Canada
Parisa Mahboubi, Tingting Zhang
Demographics and Immigration
May 28, 2026
Videos

Why Gen Z Can’t Find Jobs Right Now | Labour Economist Tammy Schirle Explains
Tammy Schirle
Demographics and Immigration
May 15, 2026
Podcasts

Why Gen Z Can’t Find Jobs Right Now | Labour Economist Tammy Schirle Explains
Tammy Schirle
Demographics and Immigration
May 14, 2026
Research

Resetting Expectations: Canada’s Economy in a Lower-Immigration Era
Don Drummond, Parisa Mahboubi
Demographics and Immigration
May 6, 2026
Research

Selection Matters: Lessons from Two Decades of Immigrant Earnings
Mikal Skuterud, Ruiwen Zhang
Demographics and Immigration
April 16, 2026
Intelligence Memos

CANZUK-plus Labour Mobility Deals Would be Win-Win 
Christopher Worswick
Demographics and Immigration
March 18, 2026
Intelligence Memos

Fixing Canada’s Asylum Policy
James Yousif
Demographics and Immigration
March 3, 2026
Opinions & Editorials

Canada has a hidden asylum-policy problem
James Yousif
Demographics and Immigration
February 17, 2026
Research

Accepting Asylum Claims Without a Hearing: A Critique of IRB’s “File Review” Policy
James Yousif
Demographics and Immigration
January 29, 2026
Intelligence Memos

More Work Needed on Immigration Reform
Parisa Mahboubi
Demographics and Immigration
December 23, 2025
Intelligence Memos

How We Subverted our Skills Based Immigration System
David Green, Philip Oreopoulos, Craig Riddell, Mikal Skuterud, Christopher Worswick
Demographics and Immigration
December 9, 2025
Opinions & Editorials

Liberal immigration plan needs more clarity
Parisa Mahboubi
Demographics and Immigration
November 20, 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
Opinions & Editorials

Our Immigration System Should Focus on Economic Growth, Not Short-term Political Gain
Parisa Mahboubi
Demographics and Immigration
October 1, 2025
Research

Immigration Policy Still in Need of a Course Correction
Demographics and Immigration
September 16, 2025
Intelligence Memos

A Realistic Strategy to Wean Canadian Businesses Off Low-Skill Foreign Labour
Mikal Skuterud
Demographics and Immigration
September 9, 2025
Videos

Why Canada Won’t Hit Its Immigration Reduction Target
Demographics and Immigration
August 13, 2025
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