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President Ursula von der Leyen Delivers Special Address at C.D. Howe Institute

Ursula von der Leyen
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Want to Boost Innovation in Canada? Try a Thicker Border

John Lester
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President Ursula von der Leyen’s Keynote Address on EU-Canada Relations at the C.D. Howe Institute

Ursula von der Leyen
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Ahead of Budget 2026, Will Canada Be Ready for the Next Crisis?

Christopher Ragan
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Ahead of Budget 2026, Will Canada Be Ready for the Next Crisis?

Christopher Ragan
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Making Innovation a Policy Mindset

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

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

Parisa Mahboubi
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Canada’s Crazy Quilt of Mining Taxation Needs Restitching

Jack Mintz
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Intelligence Memos

No Single Reform Will Fix Our Productivity Problem – It’s a Puzzle with Many Pieces
Charles Lammam
Public Governance and Accountability
October 21, 2026
Intelligence Memos

Canada’s Bond Market Has a Message for Washington
Mawakina Bafale, Peter MacKenzie
Fiscal and Tax Policy
October 14, 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

Five Takeaways from the 2025/26 Public Accounts
Marc Desormeaux
Fiscal and Tax Policy
October 5, 2026
Intelligence Memos

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

How to Divide the National Debt if Alberta Wants Out: Two Scenarios
Lennie Kaplan
Public Governance and Accountability
September 24, 2026
Intelligence Memos

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

Corporate executives should have more personal liability for a company’s actions
Edward J. Waitzer, Elie Waitzer
Public Governance and Accountability
August 26, 2026
Intelligence Memos

Province’s Delayed Annual Report: Another Blow to Fiscal Accountability
Lennie Kaplan
Public Governance and Accountability
August 17, 2026
Intelligence Memos

Faster Processing, Not Co-payments, Needed to Put a Lid on Refugee Healthcare Costs
Tingting Zhang
Demographics and Immigration
August 10, 2026
Research

Putting Programs to the Test: Strengthening the Federal Evaluation Function
John Lester, Benoît Robidoux
Fiscal and Tax Policy
August 6, 2026
Intelligence Memos

The NATO Pledge Will Transform Federal Finances – Show Us How
Colin Busby, Nicholas Dahir
Fiscal and Tax Policy
July 21, 2026
Intelligence Memos

Five Reasons Why Mark Carney Needs to Care About Healthcare 
Marcel Saulnier
Health Policy
July 17, 2026
Intelligence Memos

Our Most Important Economic Asset is Governability
Michael Wernick
Public Governance and Accountability
June 26, 2026
Opinions & Editorials

Canada’s debt crisis will come from Washington
Martin Eichenbaum
Public Governance and Accountability
June 25, 2026
Intelligence Memos

How Canada Should Prepare for the Coming US Debt Bomb 
Martin Eichenbaum
Public Governance and Accountability
June 24, 2026
Intelligence Memos

Pulling Together to Meet Canada’s New Moment
Blake C. Goldring, C.M., O.Ont, M.S.M., CD, CFA
Innovation and Business Growth
June 15, 2026
Research

Making Sense of City Budgets: Grading the Fiscal Accountability of Canada’s Municipalities, 2025
Nicholas Dahir, William B.P. Robson
Public Governance and Accountability
June 11, 2026
Intelligence Memos

The Canadian Economy Was Struggling Long Before GDP Growth Turned Negative 
Nicholas Dahir, Don Drummond
Demographics and Immigration
June 9, 2026
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President Ursula von der Leyen Delivers Special Address at C.D. Howe Institute
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