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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
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Canada’s Crazy Quilt of Mining Taxation Needs Restitching

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

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Creating a Water Utility Can Help Prevent Drowning in Rate Increases

A.J. Goulding
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The Growth Imperative: The C.D. Howe Institute’s 2026 Shadow Budget

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

Jeremy Kronick
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Intelligence Memos

Corporate Boards and Their Unique AI Challenges
Douglas Sarro, Edward J. Waitzer
Financial Services and Regulation
October 8, 2026
Intelligence Memos

Revisiting Limited Liability for Corporate Leaders 
Edward J. Waitzer, Elie Waitzer
Financial Services and Regulation
October 2, 2026
Intelligence Memos

Coordination, Not Conflict: Competition and Industrial Policy in a Protectionist Era
John Pecman
Industry Regulation and Competition Policy
September 29, 2026
Intelligence Memos

A Suggested Regime for Regulating Vehicle Emissions
Brian Livingston
Industry Regulation and Competition Policy
September 28, 2026
Intelligence Memos

AI Co-Pilots Set to Disrupt the Great Medical Record Oligopoly 
Keldon Bester, Will Falk
Health Policy
September 22, 2026
Research

Untying the Gordian Knot: Reforming Canada’s Postal Market
Erik De Lorenzi
Industry Regulation and Competition Policy
June 23, 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
Intelligence Memos

Aligning Competition Enforcement With the Productivity Imperative
Navin Joneja
Industry Regulation and Competition Policy
June 5, 2026
Intelligence Memos

How to Structure Nicotine Markets in the Techno Era
Ian Irvine
Industry Regulation and Competition Policy
May 27, 2026
Intelligence Memos

What the ESG Movement Needs to do Now 
Edward J. Waitzer
Industry Regulation and Competition Policy
May 11, 2026
Opinions & Editorials

Why Canada’s supply management system is going to disappear
Lawrence Herman
Industry Regulation and Competition Policy
April 30, 2026
Intelligence Memos

Artificial Intelligence Is Already Reshaping Canada’s Economy. Policy Must Catch Up
Daniel Schwanen, Rosalie Wyonch
Industry Regulation and Competition Policy
April 21, 2026
Research

Chipping In: A Canadian Guide for Maintaining Competition in AI
Daniel Schwanen
Industry Regulation and Competition Policy
April 15, 2026
Intelligence Memos

Competition Bureau Draft Guidelines: Is Efficiency on Life-Support?
John Rook, Larry Schwartz 
Industry Regulation and Competition Policy
March 25, 2026
Intelligence Memos

Opening Private Equity to Retail Investors? Don’t Do It.
Edward J. Waitzer, Rachel Wasserman
Industry Regulation and Competition Policy
March 20, 2026
Intelligence Memos

Parity in cybersecurity practice for regulators and self-regulatory organizations
Gary Edwards
Industry Regulation and Competition Policy
March 19, 2026
Research

The Missing Pillar of Canada’s AI Strategy: Data Supply Chains
Anindya Sen
Industry Regulation and Competition Policy
February 12, 2026
Intelligence Memos

Canada’s AI Coordination Gap: Federal Levers Needed to Prevent Market Fragmentation
Harvey Naglie
Industry Regulation and Competition Policy
January 16, 2026
Intelligence Memos

The Timidity Danger in AI Regulation
Daniel Schwanen
Industry Regulation and Competition Policy
December 17, 2025
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