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Tales from the Crypt - How to Regulate Initial Coin Offerings
Tales from the Crypt - How to Regulate Initial Coin Offerings
November 21, 2018 - Jeremy Kronick and Thorsten V. Koeppl

Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) fill an essential gap in funding for entrepreneurs with limited access to other forms of capital, but a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute says smart guidelines...

Regulatory Reform in Ontario: Machine Learning and Regulation
Regulatory Reform in Ontario: Machine Learning and Regulation
March 29, 2018

Regulators can better use big data and machine learning to save time and money for businesses, individuals and themselves, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Regulatory...

Strengthening Canadian Television Content: Creation, Discovery and Export in a Digital World
Strengthening Canadian Television Content: Creation, Discovery and Export in a Digital World
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...

Changing the Channel on Canadian Communications Regulation
Changing the Channel on Canadian Communications Regulation
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...

Let the Market Decide: The Case Against Mandatory Pick-and-Pay
Let the Market Decide: The Case Against Mandatory Pick-and-Pay
September 24, 2014 - Edward M. Iacobucci, Lawson A.W. Hunter and Michael J. Trebilcock

A proposal by the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to mandate “pick-and-pay” television offerings for Canadians is deeply misguided, according to a report from...

Predicting Recessions in Real-Time: Mining Google Trends and Electronic Payments Data for Clues
Predicting Recessions in Real-Time: Mining Google Trends and Electronic Payments Data for Clues
September 4, 2013 - Greg Tkacz

Predicting recessions in real-time could be made possible by mining vast new sources of electronic data, according to a report released today by the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Predicting Recessions...

Koeppl, Kronick - Three Questions About Open Banking
Intelligence Memos
Koeppl, Kronick - Three Questions About Open Banking
To: The Honourable Bill Morneau, Minister of Finance From: Thorsten Koeppl and Jeremy M. Kronick Date: February 19, 2019 Re: Three Questions About Open Banking The deadline for your department’s...
Rosalie Wyonch - Competitive Digital Taxation for Federal Budget 2019
Intelligence Memos
Rosalie Wyonch - Competitive Digital Taxation for Federal Budget 2019
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...
Dachis and Schwanen - Seize the Day and Free the CRTC from Cancon Regulation
Intelligence Memos
Dachis and Schwanen - Seize the Day and Free the CRTC from Cancon Regulation
From: Benjamin Dachis and Daniel Schwanen To: Mélanie Joly, Minister of Heritage Date: August 22, 2017 Re: Seize the Day and Free the CRTC from Cancon Regulation Last week the federal cabinet ordered...

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Tales from the Crypt - How to Regulate Initial Coin Offerings
Tales from the Crypt - How to Regulate Initial Coin Offerings
November 21, 2018
Regulatory Reform in Ontario: Machine Learning and Regulation
Regulatory Reform in Ontario: Machine Learning and Regulation
March 29, 2018
Strengthening Canadian Television Content: Creation, Discovery and Export in a Digital World
Strengthening Canadian Television Content: Creation, Discovery and Export in a Digital World
December 19, 2017
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