In response to the ongoing trade dispute with the US, Ottawa announced $7.5 billion in business and worker relief. It is useful to examine how much fiscal room Canadian governments have to expand debt ...

Citation Al Mussell. 2026. A Slice of the Market: Canada-US Tensions over Cheese Import Permits. ###. Toronto: C.D. Howe Institute. Page Title: A Slice of the Market: Canada-US Tensions over Cheese ...

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 ...

Marc Desormeaux is vice president, policy and economist at the Business Council of Canada. He previously served as chief economic advisor to Ontario’s Minister of Finance. The C.D. Howe Institute is a ...

Tammi A. Jones is Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at Alcoa Corporation, where she leads the company’s global people strategy across talent management, succession, total ...

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 ...

The decline was driven not by young adults finding work, but by tens of thousands of teenagers giving up their job search altogether. The picture is even bleaker for those aged 20 to 24. At the ...

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 ...

Youth unemployment in Canada is soaring, entry-level jobs demand years of experience, and many Gen Z graduates are wondering if AI will replace the careers they studied for. In this episode, economist ...