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Media Release
April 19, 2017 – Cities across Canada should sell their electricity distribution companies and invest the proceeds in critical municipal infrastructure, according to a new C.D. Howe Institute report. In “Surge Capacity: Selling City-owned Electricity Distributors to Meet Broader Municipal Infrastructure Needs,” author Steven Robins demonstrates why there is no compelling public policy rationale…
Intelligence Memos
To: Chairs of Canadian Securities Commissions
From: Jeremy Kronick and Rosalie Wyonch
Date: September 1, 2017
Re: Don’t Strangle the Marijuana Business in the Stock Market
An unforeseen development has bubbled to the surface in the process of legalizing marijuana in Canada: How to handle Canadian marijuana companies with exposure to the United States. While marijuana is…
Event
Donald Trump campaigned on making a better NAFTA deal or walking away from the agreement entirely, and the impossible has become reality. The US Congress has redefined the US negotiating process, giving itself a larger role than it had when the Canada US Free Agreement and the first NAFTA were negotiated. On July 17, the US Trade Representative is expected to publish the US negotiating objectives…
Intelligence Memos
From: Christopher Sands
To: Concerned Canadians
Date: July 18, 2017
Re: The US NAFTA Agenda
Late yesterday, the US Trade Representative, in keeping with the requirements of the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 (TPA-2015) published 16 pages summarizing the United States’ objectives for the renegotiation of NAFTA.
A preliminary analysis by U.S. trade lawyer…
Intelligence Memos
From: Alex Laurin and Bill Robson
To: Concerned Canadians
Date: March 22, 2017
Re: Budget 2017 - High Deficit, High Debt, and a Missed Opportunity
Notwithstanding talk about an innovative future, the 2017 federal budget is very much about the present. New spending sprinkled all over; bigger deficits, and for longer. While we wait for US tax reforms and trade talks to commence, Ottawa has missed…
Research
A newly empowered US Congress will be holding the reins in the upcoming NAFTA talks, states a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Table Stakes: Congress Will be Sitting across from Canada at the NAFTA 2.0 Negotiations,” author Christopher Sands finds that since Congress has redefined the US negotiating process under 2015 legislation, it will be front and center in setting the pace and…
