<time datetime="2020-03-05T00:01:00-05:00">March 5, 2020</time>

Federal Budget Must Spur Growth, Restore Confidence

  • Ottawa must support economic growth and restore Canadians’ confidence in the country’s fiscal management,…

<time datetime="2019-07-11T00:01:00-04:00">July 11, 2019</time>

Canada’s federal, provincial and territorial governments have spent a combined total of $91 billion more than they said they would since 2000, according to a new C.D. Howe Institute report.

<time datetime="2019-02-07T11:05:50-05:00">February 7, 2019</time>

February 7 –…

<time datetime="2018-05-01T00:00:01-04:00">May 1, 2018</time>

Canada’s senior governments tax and spend a lot, but don’t consistently tell us what they are doing, says a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “The Numbers Game: Rating the Fiscal…

<time datetime="2018-02-28T14:30:45-05:00">February 28, 2018</time>

This E-Brief introduces a new innovation policy report card, comparing key policy indicators affecting innovation performance across 14 countries, focusing on the implications for Canada.

<time datetime="2018-02-22T10:51:57-05:00">February 22, 2018</time>

Ottawa must think long-term, and restore confidence in the sustainability of fiscal policy while responding to sharper competitive pressure on trade and taxation, says the C.D. Howe Institute’s…

Op-Ed
Before the federal budget, we laid out a 10-point scheme for grading it. We were hoping the document would deserve better than the ‘D’ we gave the government’s fall economic statement. Unfortunately…
Op-Ed
This week’s federal budget paid passing lip service to the challenge of Canada’s dismal productivity and falling living standards. In an over-long and mostly self-congratulatory preamble, the budget…
Op-Ed
Yesterday’s federal budget showed again—as if it were needed—that this government is not serious about public finances. It was late, given that the 2024/25 fiscal year started more than two weeks ago…