Housing policy in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area cannot address the housing crisis if it continues to ignore homebuyers’ preferences. Land-use policy has prioritized increasing housing density ...

What would a US debt crisis mean for Canada? Martin Eichenbaum, Charles Moskos Professor of Economics at Northwestern University and International Fellow at the C.D. Howe Institute, says a US fiscal ...

Is the Greater Toronto Area housing shortage just a supply problem? Despite strong demand for ground-related homes, planning policies have favoured apartment construction for decades. Frank Clayton ...

The province of Saskatchewan is proposing to extend the life of its coal-fired power plants beyond their regulated retirement dates until its small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) come on line. This ...

Alberta recently submitted its West Coast pipeline proposal to Ottawa's Major Projects Office, a major plank in the federal government’s goal to double exports to non-US markets by 2035. For that to ...

Intentions for non-residential capital spending in Canada in 2026 increased by $14.4 billion from 2025. However, nearly all of that gain was concentrated in just a handful of sectors, with the top ...

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The C.D. Howe Institute’s Health Sector Economic Growth and Resilience Working Group met for the third time on April 28, 2026, to assess the impact of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East on Canada ...

Citation Erik De Lorenzi. 2026. Untying the Gordian Knot: Reforming Canada’s Postal Market. 721. Toronto: C.D. Howe Institute. Page Title: Untying the Gordian Knot: Reforming Canada’s Postal Market – ...

From 2008 to 2023, Canada’s real Gross National Income (GNI), a measure of the income available to Canadians after accounting for income flowing to foreign investors and adjusting for inflation, grew ...

Canada’s household saving picture is splitting in two. Since 2021, the top fifth has lifted its average net saving to over $75,000 a year, while the lowest has sunk deeper into dissaving, spending ...

Citation Vegh, George , and Kate Koplovich. 2026. The Building Canada Act Won’t Actually Build Anything in Canada . Intelligence Memos. Toronto: C.D. Howe Institute. Page Title: The Building Canada ...