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Making Innovation a Policy Mindset

Daniel Schwanen
  • Innovation and Business Growth
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Will Higher Oil Prices Justify More Spending in Next Week’s Budget?

Don Drummond
  • Fiscal and Tax Policy
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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
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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
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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
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Canada’s Crazy Quilt of Mining Taxation Needs Restitching
Jack Mintz
Energy and Natural Resources
October 26, 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
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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

Whither Exports in a Sovereign Alberta?
Herbert Emery
Energy and Natural Resources
September 17, 2026
Intelligence Memos

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

Canada’s Opportunity to Attract More Oil and Gas Investment
Energy and Natural Resources
September 14, 2026
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What Canada Needs to Do to Build Pipelines and Win Back Investor Confidence
Kate Koplovich, George Vegh
Energy and Natural Resources
September 10, 2026
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What Canada Needs to Do to Build Pipelines and Win Back Investor Confidence
Kate Koplovich, George Vegh
Energy and Natural Resources
September 10, 2026
Research

Clear the Way: Does the Building Canada Act Help Canada Build?
Kate Koplovich, George Vegh
Energy and Natural Resources
September 8, 2026
Intelligence Memos

Climate Change Adaptation Needs to Start Now
Edward J. Waitzer
Energy and Natural Resources
September 1, 2026
Graphic Intelligence

New Alberta Carbon Pricing Deal Lowers Carbon Costs for Oil Sands Producers
Energy and Natural Resources
August 17, 2026
Research

Buckets of Oil and Barrels of Steam: Quantifying Carbon Pricing’s Impact in Alberta’s Oil Sands
G. Kent Fellows
Energy and Natural Resources
August 13, 2026
Intelligence Memos

Canada Needs a Bigger Grid. Customers Need an Honest Conversation
Cole Diepold
Energy and Natural Resources
August 4, 2026
Intelligence Memos

The High Cost of Coal-Fired Power as a Bridge to Nuclear
Brett Dolter
Energy and Natural Resources
July 23, 2026
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We need more honesty in electricity pricing
Cole Diepold
Energy and Natural Resources
July 22, 2026
Intelligence Memos

Assessing West Coast Pipeline Commercial Viability  
Dmitriy Frolovskiy
Energy and Natural Resources
July 3, 2026
Intelligence Memos

Proposed Major Project Regulatory Changes a Good Step, but Work Remains 
Kate Koplovich, George Vegh
Energy and Natural Resources
June 12, 2026
Intelligence Memos

The Building Canada Act Won’t Actually Build Anything in Canada 
Kate Koplovich, George Vegh
Energy and Natural Resources
June 11, 2026
Research

Powering Ahead: Comparing Electricity Prices Across Canada
Charles DeLand, Cole Diepold
Energy and Natural Resources
June 4, 2026
Intelligence Memos

How the Price at the Pump Got So High 
G. Kent Fellows
Energy and Natural Resources
May 26, 2026
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