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Op-Ed
Published in the Financial Post on January 10, 2012
By Philippe Bergevin and Finn Poschmann
With an eye on the Christmas shopping season, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty last fall stood up for “irritated” Canadian consumers who persistently complained about high retail prices at home when cheaper buys were to be had south of the border. But rather than reducing barriers to cross-border bargain…
Intelligence Memos
From: Bob Baldwin
To: Pension watchers
Date: April 3 2024
Re: How to Resolve the Alberta Pension Issue
Last fall, the Alberta government released a report proposing the creation of an Alberta Pension Plan (APP) funded initially by withdrawal from the Canada Pension Plan, taking with it $334 billion in assets.
My recent C.D. Howe Institute E-Brief examines the financial…
Op-Ed
The federal government recently finalized regulations for its “zero-emissions vehicle” mandate. The mandate requires sellers of light vehicles (passenger cars and light trucks) to sell a rising minimum of zero-emissions vehicles — basically, electric vehicles or EVs — every year, culminating with 100 per cent EVs in 2035, just 11 years from now. Reasonable forecasts of production and sales…
Intelligence Memos
To: Canadian Ministers of Education
From: Anna Stokke
Date: December 20, 2023
Re: Reversing the decline in Canadian math scores
Math scores on international exams administered by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development declined in all provinces between 2003 and 2022. In almost all provinces, the proportion of students performing at the lowest levels has…
Op-Ed
Alberta’s renewable energy pause goes against conservative free market fundamentals - Globe and Mail
Alberta’s move last week to pause approvals for new renewable electricity investments sends a strong signal: The conservative, free-market fundamentals underpinning the province’s approach to electricity are no longer as strong as the past few decades might suggest.
Whatever happens between now and next February, when the moratorium expires, Alberta’s electricity industry is at a…
Intelligence Memos
To: Bank of Canada Governing Council
From: Ed Devlin and Anders Forssell
Date: August 22, 2022
Re: Quantitative Tightening May Cause Unexpected Trouble
After bridging the unprecedented pandemic lockdown, we now have inflation the likes of which we haven’t seen in 40 years. In response, the Bank of Canada (BoC) has hiked the overnight rate at a dizzying pace – 2.25 percentage points to-date. It is…
