
4-minute read
The CRTC is undermining telecom investment in Canada
Forcing companies to share infrastructure they’ve built at rates someone else sets will discourage investment and reduce productivity.

5-minute read
Tariffs Are a Losing Game for Everyone
Protectionist policies pose a threat to everyone’s welfare. Policymakers should reject tariffs and negotiate free trade deals that open domestic markets and give market access to emerging economies.

5-minute read
Ottawa et la construction de logements: un échec en Nouvelle-Zélande
Plutôt que de créer une nouvelle bureaucratie fédérale, une approche plus efficace et plus durable consisterait à réduire l’intervention gouvernementale et à laisser les promoteurs construire.

4-minute read
What we can learn from Quebec’s failed EV subsidies
Freeing up the funds currently allocated to subsidies would allow us to reduce the provincial corporate tax rate by 6.75 percentage points, to 4.75 per cent from 11.5 per cent, without affecting government revenues at all.

4-minute read
Access to water: Necessity is the mother of invention
While substantial progress has been made in terms of reliable access to drinking water, many households around the world still have to deal with uncertain access due to inadequate infrastructure.

4-minute read
Les grands projets de demain ont besoin d’un cadre réglementaire
Réformer la loi C-69 sur l’évaluation d’impact est un impératif pour le nouveau gouvernement libéral de Mark Carney, dans un contexte où les grands projets d’infrastructures, tant énergétiques que de transport, seront cruciaux pour l’avenir économique du Québec et du Canada.

6-minute read
We’re on the verge of a new era for internal trade in Canada—if only the provinces can cooperate
In a time of sluggish productivity growth, internal trade liberalization may be one of the few policy tools available to drive lasting improvements—and quickly.

5-minute read
La surréglementation empêche le Canada de réaliser son potentiel
Voici les six questions que le gouvernement fédéral devrait se poser à propos de chaque règlement existant – ou envisagé.

4-minute read
Overregulation is holding Canada back
It costs money and man hours for governments to enforce rules and for businesses to comply with them yet often there’s no clear benefit.

8-minute read
Time to Privatize Canada Post
As we appear to be heading toward the second Canada Post strike in less than a year, the question now is whether we’ll be able to learn from our past mail mistakes or simply stay lost.