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By Stephen Gordon Most people probably think of the debate over whether Canada is in a recession as one of those glass-half-full versus glass-half-empty things. Pessimists look at five months of declining GDP and call it a “recession,” while optimists look at increasing employment and say that we’re not in a recession. Yet, the real pessimists are the ones saying we’re not in recession. Making…

The newly elected government in Ottawa has committed to increase the tax burden on the richest 1 per cent of earners and redistribute the proceeds by reducing the burden on middle-income earners. More specifically, the federal tax rate on taxable income greater than $200,000 would rise from 29 to 33 per cent. The tax rate on taxable income from $45,000 to $90,000 would drop from 22 to 20.5 per…

Report of the C.D. Howe Institute Business Cycle Council July 28, 2015 – Data do not at this time allow declaring whether Canada has entered an economic downturn. This is the consensus view of the C.D. Howe Institute’s Business Cycle Council, which held its second meeting on July 22, 2015. The Business Cycle Council is the arbiter of business cycle dates in Canada. The council is comprised of…

Published in the Globe and Mail on April 21, 2015 By: Christopher Ragan Christopher Ragan is an associate professor of economics at McGill University in Montreal and a research fellow at the C.D. Howe Institute in Toronto. It’s natural for public discussion to focus on today’s problems and how to best solve them. But it’s also worthwhile to remind ourselves what past challenges we’ve…

Published in the National Post on May 22, 2015 By William Robson William Robson is president and CEO of the C. D. Howe Institute. Economists may not be known for sartorial style, but they do have their fads. Influential ones, too — affecting our lives and livelihoods more than ups and downs in hemlines or the changing width of lapels. Among the more durable economic fashions has been…