He and economist Parisa Mahboubi co-authored a recent study for the CD Howe Institute, that forecasts the long-term GDP growth rate through to 2060 for Canada at 1.2 per cent, well below the 1.5 per cent projection in the spring economic update.

Canada’s productivity growth is in the doldrums, and trending worse. AI will disrupt the jobs market. Disruption of access to the United States, tariffs and an ageing work force will all drag down investment and productivity growth, without decisive action – or, as a recent CD Howe Institute study calls it, a Big Bang approach that bundles together a sweeping package of tax changes.

This is not Canada, which for much of its existence has allowed immigration to occur without detailed political interference.

The C.D. Howe Institute is urging the Liberal government to rein in deficit spending with Tuesday’s fiscal update and to use its new majority to make tough decisions, even though they may be unpopular.

Carney likes to boast about Canada leading the G7 in all sorts of economic indicators, but Peter MacKenzie, senior policy analyst at the C.D. Howe Institute, told that committee that Canada is leading the G7 in household debt levels and rising consumer insolvencies.

Canadians should have access to any private options that people who work in health care are willing to supply

Just a year after its original deadline, Canada has finally met its NATO spending target of two per cent of its GDP, including investing billions in recruitment and modernizing infrastructure. Our eyes are now set on the 2035 target of five per cent, which Ottawa committed to following pressure from U.S. President Trump last year.

Hoekstra to headline C.D. Howe Institute lunch on April 16 in Toronto

Voilà le genre de décisions difficiles auxquelles devront s’astreindre les Canadiens d’ici neuf ans si le gouvernement fédéral respecte son objectif d’atteindre 3,5 % de son PIB en dépenses militaires, selon une étude de l’Institut C.D. Howe.

Canada’s prosperity has always stemmed from our geography, our institutions, and our people. In recent years the human factor has become more visible and contested: rapid population growth, driven overwhelmingly by international migration, has shaped our labour force, cities and public debates.