C.D. Howe Institute Commentary

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2018, issue 527

Wild Numbers: Getting Better Fiscal Accountability in Canada’s Municipalities

William Robson and Farah Omran

2018, issue 526

Pursuing Reconciliation: The Case for an Off-Reserve Urban Agenda

John Richards

2018, issue 525

Tales from the Crypt - How to Regulate Initial Coin Offerings

Thorsten Koeppl and Jeremy Kronick

2018, issue 524

Show Us the Numbers: Grading the Financial Reports of Canada’s Municipalities

William Robson and Farah Omran

2018, issue 523

Cannabis Countdown: Estimating the Size of Illegal Markets and Lost Tax Revenue Post-Legalization

Anindya Sen and Rosalie Wyonch

2018, issue 522

Piling On – How Provincial Taxation of Insurance Premiums Costs Consumers

Alex Laurin and Farah Omran

2018, issue 521

Tooling up: Making the Money Last: The Case for Offering Pure Longevity Insurance to Retiring Canadians

Don Ezra

2018, issue 520

Tooling up: Canada Needs More Robust Capital Investment

William Robson and Jeremy Kronick

2018, issue 519

Hidden Beneficial Ownership and Control: Canada as a Pawn in the Global Game of Money Laundering

Denis Meunier

2018, issue 518

Comparing Outcomes: The Relative Job-Market Performance of Former International Students

Mikal Skuterud and Zong Jia Chen

2018, issue 517

International Prudential Standards in a World of Growing Nationalism and Protectionism

Mark Zelmer and Jeremy Kronick

2018, issue 516

Canada’s Progressive Trade Agenda: NAFTA and Beyond

Dan Ciuriak

2018, issue 515

Assessing Canada’s Drug Shortage Problem

Jacalyn Duffin, Jessy Donelle, Jon Pipitone and Brian White-Guay

2018, issue 514

Retiring Employees, Unretired Debt: The Surprising Hidden Cost of Federal Employee Pensions

William Robson and Alexandre Laurin

2018, issue 513

Through the Roof: The High Cost of Barriers to Building New Housing in Canadian Municipalities

Benjamin Dachis and Vincent Thivierge

2018, issue 512

Blown Budgets: Canada’s Senior Governments Need Better Fiscal Controls

William Robson and Farah Omran

2018, issue 511

The Numbers Game: Rating the Fiscal Accountability of Canada’s Senior Governments

William Robson and Farah Omran

2018, issue 510

Filling the Cavities: Improving the Efficiency and Equity of Canada’s Dental Care System

Ake Blomqvist and Frances Woolley

2018, issue 509

Not Just for Kids: How to Improve Adult Vaccination Uptake in Canada

Colin Busby

2018, issue 508

Productivity and the Financial Sector – What’s Missing?

Jeremy Kronick

2018, issue 507

Regulatory Reform in Ontario: Machine Learning and Regulation

Anthony Niblett

2018, issue 506

Faulty Transmissions: Howe Demographics Affect Monetary Policy in Canada

Steve Ambler and Jeremy Kronick

2018, issue 505

Fiscal Soundness and Economic Growth: An Economic Program for Ontario

Benjamin Dachis

2018, issue 504

The Case for Longer Mortgages: Addressing the Mismatch between Term and Amortization

Michael Feldman

2018, issue 503

Righting the Course: A Shadow Federal Budget for 2018

William Robson, Alexandre Laurin and Rosalie Wyonch

2018, issue 502

Understanding the Volatility of the Canadian Exchange Rate

Martin Eichenbaum, Benjamin Johannsen and Sergio Rebelo

2018, issue 501

Death by a Thousand Cuts? Western Canada’s Oil and Natural Gas Policy Competitiveness Scorecard

Benjamin Dachis

2018, issue 500

Headed for the Poorhouse: How to Ensure Seniors Don’t Run Out of Cash before They Run Out of Time

Bonnie-Jeanne Macdonald

2018, issue 499

Risk and Readiness: The Impact of Automation on Provincial Labour Markets

Rosalie Wyonch

2017, issue 498

Strengthening Canadian Television Content: Creation, Discovery and Export in a Digital World

Lawson Hunter, Kenneth Engelhart and Peter Miller

2017, issue 497

Innovation Policy in Canada: A Holistic Approach

Daniel Schwanen

2017, issue 496

Fuzzy Finances: Grading the Financial Reports of Canada’s Municipalities

William Robson, Benjamin Dachis and Farah Omran

2017, issue 495

Rethinking Limits on Tax-Deferred Retirement Savings in Canada

William Robson

2017, issue 494

A Question of Fairness: Time to Reconsider Income-Averaging Provisions

Daniel Gordon and Jean-Francois Wen

2017, issue 493

Off Target: Assessing the Fairness of Ottawa’s Proposed Tax Reforms for “Passive” Investments in CCPCs

Alex Laurin

2017, issue 492

All’s Well that Ends Well: Addressing End-of-Life Liabilities for Oil and Gas Wells

Benjamin Dachis, Blake Schaffer and Vincent Thivierge

2017, issue 491

Thinking about Minimum Wage Increases in Alberta: Theoretically, Empirically, and Regionally pp. 1-20

Joseph Marchand

2017, issue 490

Opportunities for Better Systemic Risk Management in Canada

Nicholas Le Pan

2017, issue 489

Not Ready for Prime Time: Canada’s Proposed New Securities Regulator

Harvey Naglie

2017, issue 488

Red Flags for Educators: Lessons for Canada in the PISA Results

John Richards

2017, issue 487

Bits, Bytes, and Taxes: VAT and the Digital Economy in Canada

Rosalie Wyonch

2017, issue 486

The Power of Words: Improving Immigrants’ Literacy Skills

Parisa Mahboubi

2017, issue 485

Mortgage Insurance Deductibles: An Idea Whose Time Hasn’t Come

Thorsten Koeppl and James (Jim) MacGee

2017, issue 484

The Knowledge Deficit about Taxes: Who It Affects and What to Do About It

Antoine Genest-Grégoire, Luc Godbout and Jean-Herman Guay

2017, issue 483

Banking on Infrastructure: How the Canada Infrastructure Bank can Build Infrastructure Better for Canadians

Steven Robins

2017, issue 482

Spendthrifts and Savers: Are Canadians Acting Like they are “House Poor” or “House Rich”?

Jeremy Kronick

2017, issue 481

Tax Options for Childcare that Encourage Work, Flexibility, Choice, Fairness and Quality

Alex Laurin and Kevin Milligan

2017, issue 480

The Paradox of Productivity, Technology, and Innovation in Canadian Healthcare

Colin Busby and Ake Blomqvist

2017, issue 479

How to Restore Public Trust and Credibility at the National Energy Board

Lesley Matthews

2017, issue 478

Defining the Public Interest in Regulatory Decisions: The Case for Economic Efficiency

Jeffrey Church

2017, issue 477

In Need of a Booster: How to Improve Childhood Vaccination Coverage in Canada

Colin Busby, Aaron Jacobs and Ramya Muthukumaran

2017, issue 476

Numbers You can Trust? The Fiscal Accountability of Canada’s Senior Governments, 2017

William Robson and Colin Busby

2017, issue 475

Greener Pastures: Resetting the Age of Eligibility for Social Security Based on Actuarial Science

Robert Brown and Shantel Aris

2017, issue 474

Patents, Copyright and Competition: Assessing the Impact of Trade Deals on Canada

Daniel Schwanen and Aaron Jacobs

2017, issue 473

New and Improved: How to Bring Institutional Investment into Public Infrastructure

Benjamin Dachis

2017, issue 472

Future Shock? The Impact of Automation on Canada’s Labour Market

Matthias Oschinski and Rosalie Wyonch

2017, issue 471

Smokes, Smugglers and Lost Tax Revenues: How Governments Should Respond

Anindya Sen

2017, issue 470

Getting Real: A Shadow Federal Budget for 2017

William Robson, Alexandre Laurin and Rosalie Wyonch

2017, issue 469

Hidden Spending: The Fiscal Impact of Federal Tax Concessions

William Robson and Alexandre Laurin

2017, issue 468

Blockchain Technology – What’s in Store for Canada’s Economy and Financial Markets?

Thorsten Koeppl and Jeremy Kronick

2017, issue 467

Enduring Virtues: Saving and Investing as National Priorities in 2017

William Robson

2017, issue 466

Government Intervention in Venture Capital in Canada: Toward Greater Transparency and Accountability

Richard Remillard

2017, issue 465

Towards a New Balance in Social Policy: The Future Role of Guaranteed Annual Income within the Safety Net

Peter Hicks

2017, issue 464

The Art of Breaking the Deal: What President Trump Can and Can’t Do About NAFTA

Jon Johnson

2017, issue 463

Breaking the Silos: Funding for the Healthcare We Need

Jason Sutherland and Erik Hellsten