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Media Release
Feb. 22, 2012 - The prairies' experience in handling inter-provincial conflicts over water-use may point the way to success in the MackenzieRiver Basin, according to a report released today by the C.D. Howe Institute. In Resolving Water-Use Conflicts: Insights from the Prairie Experience for the Mackenzie River Basin, law professor David Percy says a cooperative approach led the prairie…
Op-Ed
Ontario Education Minister Liz Sandals has announced a $60-million plan to improve math training in elementary schools. The move comes in response to declining scores in standardized math tests, which showed that the portion of Grade 6 students meeting provincial standards fell to 54 per cent from 61 per cent over a five-year period. In that same period, scores in reading and writing…
Op-Ed
Paper health care records have been a danger to both patients and providers during the COVID-19 pandemic. I have been able to get my 85-year old mother’s banking and bills online to keep things up to date. I could even do her taxes and basic government functions online. I should have been able to help manage her health care information too. But I couldn’t.  This story of failure became clear…
Event
The United States, Mexico and Canada have signed off on the basics of the newly updated NAFTA agreement - now the USMCA. On this call, Institute VP of Research, Daniel Schwanen will outline his perspective on the agreement, the concessions made on each side and the devil lurking in the details. Inside Access is an exclusive, members-only opportunity: 30 minute briefing and Q&A on Institute…
Op-Ed
A decade of failure has propelled the Edmonton Oilers to win four of the last six NHL draft lotteries. The most recent lottery win landed Edmonton the hockey phenom, Connor McDavid, giving down-trodden Oilers fans a glimmer of hope. However, when it comes to EI, Edmontonians are not so lucky. According to the 2016 federal budget, only Albertans outside Edmonton will see increases to EI…
Op-Ed
Published in the Globe and Mail on March 23, 2015 By: Benjamin Dachis and Lawson Hunter Benjamin Dachis is a senior policy analyst and Lawson Hunter is a senior fellow at the C.D. Howe Institute and co-author of “Scrambled Signals: Canadian Content Policies in a World of Technological Abundance”. From 2003 to 2008, Mr. Hunter served as executive vice-president and chief…