Industry Regulation and Competition Policy
This area covers the impact of regulatory and other policies, such as taxes and subsidies and competition policy, on specific economic sectors (except those covered by the Institute’s natural resources or financial services research), on consumers, and on the overall state of competition in Canada.
May 15, 2018 - Benjamin Dachis and Vincent Thivierge
Barriers to increasing housing supply, many stemming from excessive regulation, are driving up the price of homes in Canadian cities by six figures, finds a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute....
December 19, 2017 - Lawson A.W. Hunter, Ken Engelhart and Peter Miller
Canadian voices are endangered as TV evolves according to a new report from the C.D Howe Institute. In “Strengthening Canadian Television Content: Creation, Discovery and Export in a Digital World”...
March 2, 2017 - Brian Facey and Joshua Krane
It is time for Ottawa to reform its merger review process to ensure that Canada is actively promoting efficiencies and innovation, according to a new C.D. Howe Institute report. In “Promoting...
February 28, 2017 - Anindya Sen
Provinces should fight contraband cigarettes with better policing, and reforming government allocation of cigarettes to Aboriginal reserves, rather than impose higher taxes, according to new report...
May 25, 2016 - Daniel Schwanen and Benjamin Dachis
Canada’s communications and broadcasting world has changed dramatically in recent decades, but its communications and broadcasting statutes and regulations have not kept pace, states a new report...
April 20, 2016 - Anindya Sen
Canada’s budding legal marijuana market requires federal-provincial cooperation in order to succeed, according to a new C.D. Howe Institute report. In “Joint Venture: A Blueprint for Federal and...
Intelligence Memos
From: Benjamin Dachis
To: Ontario’s New Government
CC: Municipal governments across the province
Date: June 15, 2018
Re: The Startling Costs of Regulation in Housing Prices
The cost of housing has...
Op-Ed
The cost of housing has been going through the roof in many parts of Canada. Most government policies have focused on curtailing the demand for housing. Ontario and B.C. have introduced foreign-...
Intelligence Memos
From: Benjamin Dachis and Adam Fanaki
To: The Honourable Navdeep Singh Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development
Date: May 23, 2018
Re: Two Big Jobs for the Next Commissioner of...
16 May 2018
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Conference Call with Benjamin Dachis, Associate Director, Research, C.D. Howe Institute
Conference Call
Wednesday, May 16, 2018, 2:00 pm to 2:30 pm
19 Apr 2018
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19
Conference call with Aaron A. Moore, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Winnipeg and Fellow, Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance, University of Toronto
Conference Call
Thursday, April 19, 2018, 3:00 pm to 3:30 pm
29 Mar 2018
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Conference Call with Anthony Niblett, Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Law, Economics & Innovation, University of Toronto
Conference Call
Thursday, March 29, 2018, 3:00 pm to 3:30 pm
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