Tag: C.D. Howe Institute
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Canada Debt Becoming Unmanageable Economists Warn
With the Canadian government’s high debt-to-GDP ratios, such as a ratio of debt to nominal GDP sitting at 68 percent in March 2023, economists warn that government debt could become unsustainably high if Ottawa fails to reduce spending, increase productivity, and re-establish business confidence. “We’re not growing our income per capita, which means that we’re…
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Beware Of Overreach In Canada Competition Law Reforms
May, 2024 – Many of the federal government’s recent reforms in competition law sensibly strengthen the enforcement powers of the Competition Bureau and private actors seeking redress for allegedly anti-competitive behavior. However, amendments to the Competition Act that simply make it easier to meet legal tests for orders against allegedly anti-competitive conduct are over-reach, says a new report by our…
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Demand For Canada Seniors Care Is Critical
As Canada’s aging population continues to grow, there are concerns about the financial and physical capacity to meet its growing care needs. Seniors’ need for housing and care is a complex issue involving many government policies and, therefore, government has many avenues for the exertion of control and adjustment over the issue. Much room for…
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How Canada Can Help Repair Today’s Global Trading System
The article below (Furthering the Benefits of Global Economic Integration throughInstitution Building: Canada as 2024 Chair of CPTPP) was first published by the C.D. Howe Institute by Paul Jenkins and Mark Kruger. Introduction Over the last 10 to 15 years, the global economy has become fragmented. There are many reasons for this fragmentation – both…
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Quality Over Quantity: How Canada’s Immigration System Can Catch Up
Canada’s immigration point system is designed to select skilled immigrants who have the potential to contribute to the country’s economic growth and meet its evolving skills needs. However, Canada faces challenges in fully leveraging increased immigration levels to enhance the well-being of Canadians due to weaknesses in capital investment and a quantity/quality trade-off in selecting…
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Canadians Should Understand Their Private Healthcare System – And How It’s Changing
The Study in brief The intense debate pitting private versus public healthcare in Canada needs a reality check. Private aspects of healthcare exist in different forms and to varying degrees across Canadian provinces, largely depending on their respective legislation and regulations. For healthcare professionals providing insured services, most bill through the public system, but not all.…
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How To Reboot Ottawa’s Zero Emission Vehicle Mandate
The federal government has proposed regulations requiring the sale of a minimum numbers of Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEVs) in Canada (20 percent of all light vehicles in 2026, ramping up to 60 percent in 2030 and 100 percent in 2035). The flip side of this requirement is that the sale of internal combustion engine (ICE)…
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Canada’s Surging Non-Permanent Resident Population Crisis
Mahboubi, Skuterud – A Multi-Pronged Strategy for Managing Canada’s Surging Non-Permanent Resident Population January, 2024 – Recent years have seen an unprecedented increase in Canada’s non-permanent resident population, far surpassing increases in annual admissions of new permanent residents. This unbalanced growth in the two migration streams will inevitably result in a growing undocumented population and…
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Investor-State Disputes Proliferating, Rules Remain Critical for Canada Business Investment
May 9, 2023 – Investor-state disputes are proliferating around the globe as business investors seek redress for government actions they deem unfair or contrary to investment agreements, according to report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Investor-State Disputes: The Record and the Reforms Needed for the Road Ahead,” author and C.D. Howe Institute Senior Fellow…
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How Do Canada Provinces Grade In Taxpayer Fiscal Transparency?
September 15, 2022 – Taxpayers and citizens need greater fiscal transparency from Canada’s federal, provincial and territorial governments, says the latest report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “The Right to Know: Grading the Fiscal Transparency of Canada’s Senior Governments, 2022,” William B.P. Robson and Nicholas Dahir graded these governments’ budgets, estimates and financial statements…
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Threat to Prosperity: Canada Should Mind Business Investment Gap
August, 2022 – Business investment in Canada is so weak that capital per member of the labour force is falling, and the implications for incomes and competitiveness are ominous. Governments, particularly the federal government, need to get serious about growth to get workers more of the tools they require to compete and thrive, according to…
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Reboot Canadian Content Policy For Digital Age Says C.D. Howe Institute
Canada should ditch Canadian content tools that are ill-suited for the digital age, says a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Choosing Canada: Canadian Cultural Policy in the Twenty-first Century” author Daniel Schwanen sets out a plan to bring Canadian content policy into step with developments such as the emergence of digital competitors…