<time datetime="2017-10-05T00:01:00-04:00">October 5, 2017</time>

Ottawa’s proposed changes for the tax treatment of income from passive investments in incorporated businesses will not achieve its goal of promoting fairness in the tax system, according to a…

<time datetime="2017-09-12T00:01:00-04:00">September 12, 2017</time>

While controversy swirls around the federal government’s small business tax reform proposals, Ottawa has a significant opportunity to open a rich vein of wealth for Canada’s charitable sector and…

<time datetime="2017-03-24T11:43:59-04:00">March 24, 2017</time>

Business investment per worker in Canada is at its worst level compared to the United States in more than a quarter century, according to a new C.D. Howe Institute report. In “Equipment Failure:…

<time datetime="2016-12-13T00:25:05-05:00">December 13, 2016</time>

Calgary is increasingly lagging behind Saskatoon, which has the most competitive overall business tax environment among the largest cities in each Canadian province, according to a new C.D. Howe…

<time datetime="2016-05-31T02:38:56-04:00">May 31, 2016</time>

The Canadian corporate income tax system has a number of problems that call for fundamental reforms, starting with rethinking the main role of the system, according to a report from the C.D.…

<time datetime="2015-12-16T00:00:37-05:00">December 16, 2015</time>

For the first time since the 2008-2009 economic crisis and recession, capital investment by business has declined, according to a new C.D. Howe Institute report. In “A Crisis of Capital: Canadian…

Op-Ed
Canada is not keeping up in the global competition for innovation-led growth and prosperity. Our research and development intensity is low relative to other countries and not enough of our inventions…
Intelligence Memos
Canada’s small and medium enterprises are facing numerous challenges that impede their ability to scale up. The C.D. Howe Institute has launched a policy working group to explore ways governments can…
Op-Ed
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland tables the federal budget Thursday. She should use the occasion to implement policies that would improve Canada’s lacklustre innovation. A useful step in that…