C.D. Howe Institute Commentary

2007 - 2024

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2008, issue 278

Unstable Foundations: Assets Markets, Inflation Targets, and Canada's 2011 Policy Choices

David Laidler and Robin Banerjee

2008, issue 277

Sand in the Gears: Evaluating the Effects of Toronto's Land Transfer Tax

Benjamin Dachis, Gilles Duranton and Matthew Turner

2008, issue 276

Understanding the Aboriginal/Non-Aboriginal Gap in Student Performance: Lessons From British Columbia

John Richards, Jennifer Hove and Kemi Afolabi

2008, issue 275

A Pension in Every Pot: Better Pensions for More Canadians

James Pierlot

2008, issue 274

Still Amigos: A Fresh Canada-US Approach to Reviving NAFTA

Alan S. Alexandroff, Gary Hufbauer and Krista Lucenti

2008, issue 273

Growth Oriented Sales Tax Reform for Ontario: Replacing the Retail Sales Tax with a 7.5 Percent Value-Added Tax

Peter Dungan, Jack Mintz, Finn Poschmann and Thomas Wilson

2008, issue 272

Finding Silver Linings in the Storm: An Evaluation of Recent Canada-US Crossborder Developments

Arthur J. Cockfield

2008, issue 271

The Case for Trills: Giving Canadians and their Pension Funds a Stake in the Wealth of the Nation

Mark Kamstra and Robert Shiller

2008, issue 270

Limited Horizons: The 2008 Report on Federal and Provincial Budgetary Tax Policies

Duanjie Chen and Jack Mintz

2008, issue 269

Anatomy of the Credit Crisis: The role of Faulty Risk Management Systems

Frank Milne

2008, issue 268

The Ethanol Trap: Why Policies to Promote Ethanol as Fuel Need Rethinking

Douglas Auld

2008, issue 267

The Welfare Enigma: Explaining the Dramatic Decline in Canadians' Use of Social Assistance, 1993-2005

Ross Finnie and Ian Irvine

2008, issue 266

Risky Assumptions: A closer Look at the Bearing of Investment Risk in Defined-Benefit Pension Plans

James Pesando

2008, issue 265

The Canada Supplementary Pension Plan (CSPP): Towards an Adequate, Affordable Pension for All Canadians (also available in French)

Keith Ambachtsheer

2008, issue 264

Clearing Hurdles: Key Reforms to Make Small Business More Successful

Ben Tomlin

2008, issue 263

Greater Saving Required: How Alberta Can Achieve Fiscal Sustainability from its Resource Revenues

Leslie Shiell and Colin Busby

2008, issue 262

Greener Pastures: Understanding the Impact of Retirement Incentives in Defined-benefit Pension Plans

Tammy Schirle

2008, issue 261

Power Failure: Addressing the Causes of Underinvestment, Inefficiency and Governance Problems in Ontario's Electricity Sector

Michael Wyman

2008, issue 260

Generating the Benefits of Competition: Challenges and Opportunities in Opening Electricity Markets

Timothy Brennan

2008, issue 259

Navigating New Trade Routes: The rise of Value chains, and the Challenges for Canadian Trade Policy

Bill Dymond and Michael Hart

2008, issue 258

School Grades: Identifying British Columbia's Best Schools

David Johnson

2007, issue 257

Insuring Canada’s Exports: The Case for Reform at Export Development Canada

Maciej Kotowski

2007, issue 256

Financial Stability: What It Is and Why It Matters

Charles Freedman and Clyde Goodlet

2007, issue 255

Reducing Poverty: What has Worked, and What Should Come Next

John Richards

2007, issue 254

2007 Tax Competitiveness Report: A Call for Comprehensive Tax Reform

Jack Mintz

2007, issue 253

Lessons in Harmony: What Experience in the Atlantic Provinces Shows About the Benefits of a Harmonized Sales Tax

Michael Smart

2007, issue 252

Better Late Than Never: Towards a Systematic Review of Canada's Monetary Policy Regime

David Laidler

2007, issue 251

Branching Out: The Urgent Need to Transform Canada’s Financial Landscape and How to Do It

Thorsten Koeppl and James (Jim) MacGee

2007, issue 250

Ill-Defined Benefits: The Uncertain Present and Brighter Future of Employee Pensions in Canada

David Laidler and William Robson

2007, issue 249

Following the Money Federal and Provincial Budget Balances with Canada’s Major Cities

Ronald Kneebone

2007, issue 248

Congestion Relief: Assessing the Case for Road Tolls in Canada

Charles Lindsey

2007, issue 247

Financing Entrepreneurs Better Canadian Policy for Venture Capital

Douglas Cumming

2007, issue 246

Innovation, Competition and Growth: A Schumpeterian Perspective on Canada’s Economy

Peter Howitt

2007, issue 245

Room at the Top: Strategies for Increasing the Number of Graduate Students in Canada

Ross Finnie and Alex Usher

2007, issue 244

Financing Canadian Innovation: Why Canada Should End Roadblocks to Foreign Private Equity

Stephen Hurwitz and Louis Marett

2007, issue 243

Rerouting the Mail: Why Canada Post is Due for Reform

Edward Iacobucci, Michael Trebilcock and Tracey Epps

2007, issue 242

Excess Baggage: Measuring Air Transportation’s Fiscal Burden

Ben Cherniavsky and Benjamin Dachis