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What Happens to Canada When the US Debt Crisis Hits?

What would a US debt crisis mean for Canada? Martin Eichenbaum, Charles Moskos Professor of Economics at Northwestern University and International Fellow at the C.D. Howe Institute, says a US fiscal ...
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AI Scribes Demonstrate Healthcare AI’s Potential, but Fragmentation Risks Canada’s Commercialization Opportunity

Citation. 2026. AI Scribes Demonstrate Healthcare AI’s Potential, but Fragmentation Risks Canada’s Commercialization Opportunity. Media Releases. Toronto: C.D. Howe Institute. Page Title: AI Scribes ...
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Canada Inflation Hits 3 Percent in July as Gas Prices Drive Increase

Canada’s headline inflation rate rose to 3 percent in July, the top of the Bank of Canada’s 1-to-3-percent control range. Inflation excluding gasoline held at 2.2 percent for a third consecutive month ...
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A Slice of the Market: Canada-US Tensions over Cheese Import Permits

Citation Al Mussell. 2026. A Slice of the Market: Canada-US Tensions over Cheese Import Permits. Working Paper. Toronto: C.D. Howe Institute. Page Title: A Slice of the Market: Canada-US Tensions over ...
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New Alberta Carbon Pricing Deal Lowers Carbon Costs for Oil Sands Producers

Under the new federal-Alberta memorandum of understanding carbon pricing agreement, net carbon pricing across oil sands barrels for 2026 (actual) and the projected distributions for 2030 and 2050 all ...
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Benjamin Tal

Benjamin Tal serves as Managing Director and Deputy Chief Economist for CIBC Capital Markets. Benjamin is a member of the CIBC economic team that is responsible for analyzing macro economic ...
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The High Cost of Coal-Fired Power as a Bridge to Nuclear

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 ...
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Trade Diversification Ambitions Face a Container Port Reality

Alberta recently submitted its West Coast pipeline proposal to Ottawa's Major Projects Office, a major plank in the federal government’s goal to double exports to non-US markets by 2035. For that to ...
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Marc Desormeaux

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 ...
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Finish the Job: Completing Canada’s Capital Markets Reform Agenda

Citation Bourque, Paul, and Douglas M. Hyndman. 2026. Finish the Job: Completing Canada’s Capital Markets Reform Agenda. Commentary 722. Toronto: C.D. Howe Institute. Page Title: Finish the Job: ...
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Canada’s debt crisis will come from Washington

Page Title: Canada’s debt crisis will come from Washington – C.D. Howe Institute Article Title: Canada’s debt crisis will come from Washington Canada’s own public debt is not trivial. Ottawa and the ...
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From Crisis to Crisis: The US-Iran Conflict and Healthcare Supply Chains

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 ...