Public Investments and Infrastructure
This research area covers the evaluation of the costs and benefits of capital projects of Canadian governments, such as roads, ports or public utilities, of financing modes for such projects, such as public-private partnerships, and the contribution of public infrastructure to economic growth.
January 17, 2019 - A.J. Goulding and Jarome Leslie
Cost-overruns at several large-scale hydro projects in Canada raise questions about the economic viability of continuing construction to completion. In “Dammed If You Do: How Sunk Costs Are Dragging...
October 25, 2018
Cities across Canada have the greatest effect of any level of government on the daily lives of Canadians, yet city councils seem hamstrung by the problems they face. There are solutions, according to...
August 9, 2018 - Benjamin Dachis
August 9, 2018 - Canadian municipalities are hurting housing affordability by imposing expensive water charges on development, according to a new report published by the C.D. Howe Institute. In “...
April 17, 2018 - Aaron Moore
Ontario should scrap arbitrary and opaque density bonusing deals between municipalities and developers, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In Buildings with Benefits: The Defect...
June 27, 2017 - Steven Robins
Consumers would likely enjoy lower power bills if provincial governments welcomed more private investment in electricity utilities, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Adding...
June 20, 2017 - Steven Robins
Canada’s Infrastructure Bank (CIB) holds great potential, but still needs work to realize its potential, states a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In Banking on Infrastructure: How the Canada...
Intelligence Memos
To: Canada’s Finance Ministers
From: William B.P. Robson
Date: January 14, 2019
Re: Canada’s Cities are Richer than We Think
As Canada’s finance ministers know as well as anyone, our federal and...
Intelligence Memos
Federal budgets are an annual rite of spring in Ottawa, as is the deluge of advice to the Department of Finance. But budget-making is a yearlong process, and the work is now in progress. Accordingly...
Intelligence Memos
From: Adam Found and Peter Tomlinson
To: Business Investors
Date: October 18, 2018
Re: Tax Barriers to Investment – Large Canadian Cities Edge Out US Competitors
Governments across Canada have made...
Research
Le coût des investissements du secteur public dans les projets d'infrastructures sont sous-estimés et doivent comprendre les risques encourus par les contribuables, selon un rapport publié aujourd'...
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Roundtable Luncheon with Michael Lindsay, Gadi Mayman, Mark Romoff and Douglas Younger
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Tuesday, April 10, 2018, 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm
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