BECOME A MEMBER

Research & Insights

  • Graphic Intelligence

Defence Spending and Debt: Canada’s Concerning Position Among NATO Allies 

  • Fiscal and Tax Policy
  • Research

Accepting Asylum Claims Without a Hearing: A Critique of IRB’s “File Review” Policy

James Yousif
  • Demographics and Immigration
  • Opinions & Editorials

Food inflation will test Bank of Canada’s limits

Steve Ambler, Jeremy Kronick
  • Monetary Policy
  • Graphic Intelligence

Younger Canadians Under Pressure as Debt Stress Hits Record Highs

  • Business Cycle, Education, Skills and Labour Market
  • Council Reports

Bank of Canada Should Maintain 2.25 Percent Overnight Rate for Next 12 Months, Says C.D. Howe Institute Monetary Policy Council

  • Monetary Policy
Man in hard hat and overalls working at a machine in a factory.
  • Opinions & Editorials

Canada’s green jobs strategy needs more than good intentions

Lin Al-Akkad
  • Education, Skills and Labour Market
  • Podcasts

AI, Innovation, and the Productivity Crisis in Canada Explained by a Nobel Prize–Winning Economist

AI is at the center of “creative destruction” of…
  • Innovation and Business Growth

AI, Innovation, and the Productivity Crisis in Canada Explained by a Nobel Prize–Winning Economist

  • Innovation and Business Growth
  • Graphic Intelligence

The Gap Between Canadian R&D and IP Ownership

  • Innovation and Business Growth, Trade and International Policy
Filter
Intelligence Memos

Workforce Readiness as Canada Decarbonizes – Skills-Mismatch Risk and Strategic Responses
Lin Al-Akkad
Education, Skills and Labour Market
January 28, 2026
Graphic Intelligence

Younger Canadians Under Pressure as Debt Stress Hits Record Highs
Business Cycle
January 26, 2026
Opinions & Editorials

Canada’s green jobs strategy needs more than good intentions
Lin Al-Akkad
Education, Skills and Labour Market
January 22, 2026
Research

Getting Math Instruction Right: Strategies for Improving Achievement in Canada
Anna Stokke
Education, Skills and Labour Market
January 13, 2026
Intelligence Memos

How We Subverted our Skills Based Immigration System
David Green, Philip Oreopoulos, Craig Riddell, Mikal Skuterud, Christopher Worswick
Demographics and Immigration
December 9, 2025
Research

Canada’s Investment Crisis: Shrinking Capital Undermines Competitiveness and Wages
Mawakina Bafale, William B.P. Robson
Education, Skills and Labour Market
December 4, 2025
Intelligence Memos

The Deadweight of Dogma on Public Service Reform
Michael Wernick
Education, Skills and Labour Market
November 19, 2025
Research

The Clawback Trap: How Canada’s Benefit System Can Undermine Work and Saving
Nicholas Dahir, Alexandre Laurin
Education, Skills and Labour Market
November 3, 2025
Intelligence Memos

Immigration Reform Begins with Simplifying the System
Parisa Mahboubi
Demographics and Immigration
October 8, 2025
Opinions & Editorials

How the Canada Post Strike Plays Out is a Bellwether of our National Future
Les Viner
Education, Skills and Labour Market
September 30, 2025
Intelligence Memos

A Better Way to Measure School Performance
David R. Johnson
Education, Skills and Labour Market
September 19, 2025
Research

Immigration Policy Still in Need of a Course Correction
Demographics and Immigration
September 16, 2025
Graphic Intelligence

Recruitment Challenges Linked to Housing Availability and Costs
Education, Skills and Labour Market
September 15, 2025
Intelligence Memos

A Realistic Strategy to Wean Canadian Businesses Off Low-Skill Foreign Labour
Mikal Skuterud
Demographics and Immigration
September 9, 2025
Research

Future-Ready Workforce Strategies and Matching Skills Model: The Energy Transition Case
Lin Al-Akkad
Education, Skills and Labour Market
September 9, 2025
Graphic Intelligence

Not All School Boards Deliver Equal Outcomes – What Explains the Difference?
Education, Skills and Labour Market
September 8, 2025
Graphic Intelligence

Signposts of Success: Evaluating Ontario’s Elementary Schools
Education, Skills and Labour Market
September 4, 2025
Graphic Intelligence

Youth Unemployment Gap Widens, Raising Long-Term Concerns
Education, Skills and Labour Market
September 1, 2025
Research

Signposts of Success: Evaluating Ontario’s Elementary Schools
David R. Johnson
Education, Skills and Labour Market
August 28, 2025
Intelligence Memos

A New Trade War, an Old Barrier: Why Canada’s Labour Mobility Bill is Long Overdue
Tingting Zhang (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
Education, Skills and Labour Market
August 27, 2025
Load More
  • Monetary Policy
Bank of Canada Holds Interest Rates as CUSMA Looms – Economists Break It Down
  • Innovation and Business Growth
AI, Innovation, and the Productivity Crisis in Canada Explained by a Nobel Prize–Winning Economist
  • Financial Services and Regulation
If Canada Moves Too Slowly on Stablecoins, Here’s What’s at Risk
  • Public Investments and Infrastructure
Why Major Projects Take So Long to Build in Canada – And How to Fix It
See all videos

Membership Application

Interested in becoming a Member of the C.D. Howe Institute? Please fill out the application form below and our team will be in touch with next steps. Note that Membership is subject to approval.

"*" indicates required fields

Please include a brief description, including why you’d like to become a Member.
*

Member Login

Not a Member yet? Visit our Membership page to learn more and apply.