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Op-Ed
Published in the Globe and Mail on October 7, 2014 By William Robson William Robson is President and CEO of the C.D. Howe Institute. The Prime Minister’s recent announcement that the federal government is ahead of schedule to eliminate its deficit signals the start of the fall round of pre-budget lobbying. That lobbying will feature, as always, demands from provincial and territorial…
Op-Ed
Published in the Globe and Mail on May 19, 2014 By Christopher Ragan Christopher Ragan is an associate professor of economics at McGill University and a Research Fellow at the C.D. Howe Institute. It is three weeks away from the Ontario election and voters have a real choice. The Liberals and Progressive Conservatives offer starkly different visions of economic policy (while the New…
Op-Ed
Published in the Financial Post on April 22, 2014 By Finn Poschmann Minor reforms from the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions don’t eliminate the need for major changes The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions last week released its long awaited draft guidelines, known as B-21, on prudent behaviour for federally regulated mortgage insurers.…