<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…

Intelligence Memos
From: Jeremy M. Kronick and William B.P. Robson To: Finance Ministers and Critics Date: September 19, 2023 Re: Easy Populist Targets Lead to Bad Policy In public policy, as in…
Intelligence Memos
To: Small business watchers From: Miwako Nitani and Aurin Shaila Nusrat Date: August 3, 2023 Re: Solving Canada’s SME Financing Conundrum Canada’s small and medium-sized…
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…