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The following is a transcript of remarks presented by the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, to the C.D. Howe Institute's Sylvia Ostry Lecture.  Toronto, September 13, 2016 Good morning. Thank you for your kind introduction, John, and thank you, Bill Robson and the C.D. Howe Institute, for your invitation and for hosting this wonderful event today.…

Report of the C.D. Howe Institute Competition Policy Council The federal government should create an independent oversight body for Canada’s Competition Bureau to periodically evaluate the Bureau’s performance and help define its strategic objectives. This is the consensus view of the C.D. Howe Institute’s Competition Policy Council, which held its tenth meeting on October 22, 2015.

Report of the C.D. Howe Institute Competition Policy Council The recent Supreme Court of Canada decision in Tervita Corp. v. Canada may make merger challenges by the Commissioner of Competition less likely than before to succeed. This is the consensus view of the C.D. Howe Institute’s Competition Policy Council, which held its ninth meeting on April 22, 2015. The Competition Policy…

The newly established C.D. Howe Institute Business Cycle Council has determined authoritative dates for the onset of the 2008/2009 recession and the resumption of economic growth in Canada.  Based on a careful analysis of key economic indicators, the Council determined that the recession started in November 2008 and lasted seven months until May 2009. As a foundation for further work on…

Dr. Charles Evans, President & CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, gave the 2012 Benefactor's Lecture at the C.D. Howe Institute on November 27, 2012 In addition to presiding over the Chicago Fed, Dr. Evans is a member of the critical Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), chaired by Ben Bernanke, which is the Federal Reserve System's official monetary-policy making body. Dr. Evans will…