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As the COVID-19 crisis continues to unfold, C.D. Howe Institute experts have been busy tackling the policy challenges that the global pandemic has created. On this page, readers can find our most recent reports from our Crisis Working Groups, Intelligence Memos, op-eds, media appearances and more addressing the issues affecting Canadians and the economy in these troubled…
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Blueprint for Crown Corp Governance Could Improve Performance
Crown corporations span the country with operations equivalent to 7 percent of Canadian GDP but their performance could be improved by following a blueprint for good governance.
Together, federal, provincial and local Crowns had annual revenues of $162 billion in 2019, although they generated a small collective net operating loss of $…
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Taxpayer Electricity Subsidies Out of Control
Ontario’s electricity sector has struggled with rising system costs for more than a decade. Why? The crux of the problem are increases in the cost of supply from high-cost contracts spread over less electricity consumption than forecast when the contracts were struck. The result has been upward pressure on prices that has only been mitigated by…
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Canada’s Sky-High Costs for End-of-Life Care Need Solutions
Despite spending more on medical care delivered at the end-of-life than other high-income countries, Canada performs poorly on most measures of healthcare quality – meaning Canadians are not getting value for their money, according to a new report released by the C.D. Howe Institute.
Authors Kieran Quinn, Sarina Isenberg and James…
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Someone has to pick up the tab for lockdown-induced debt
Federal debt is likely to be about $550 billion higher because of pandemic-related lockdowns, and fairness requires this increase in debt be retired before the next generation starts working and paying taxes, which will occur 18 to 25 years from now.
The analysis in this paper indicates that the income loss arising from the recession can…
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Canada Lags Peers in Upskilling Workers, Needs to Plug Gaps
Canada stands below the top-performing countries in skills development, and has no comprehensive approach toward lifelong learning, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute.
Authors Parisa Mahboubi and Momanyi Mokaya find that long-term unemployed and low-income, low-educated workers are slipping between the cracks.…
