Podcasts by C.D. Howe Institute
The C.D. Howe Institute is an independent not-for-profit research institute whose mission is to raise living standards by fostering economically sound public policies. Widely considered to be Canada's most influential think tank, the Institute is a trusted source of essential policy intelligence, distinguished by research that is nonpartisan, evidence-based and subject to definitive expert review.
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S4 E3: Shoppers' Online Choices Transform Retail from 2022-02-09T17:06:51
COVID-19 has left its mark on Canadian retailers. However, what does this mean for your favourite "touchless" commerce? Retail analyst Bruce Winder joins Michael Hainsworth and the C.D. Howe Instit...
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S4 E2: Fixing Medicare with Don Drummond and Duncan Sinclair from 2022-01-27T19:59:32
Canada's healthcare system is failing. With the elderly population three times greater than when Tommy Douglas proposed Medicare, Queen's University's Don Drummond and Duncan Sinclair discuss why t...
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S4 E1: The Effect of Online Learning on Student Performance with Emily Oster from 2022-01-11T18:38:28
Elementary school students educated primarily online during the pandemic are falling behind by as much as an entire letter grade, according to a study delivered by the National Bureau of Economic R...
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S3 E24: Reliable Budgets and Transparency with Bill Robson from 2021-12-14T15:25:52
Canada's federal, provincial, and territorial governments have over the last 20 years routinely blown their budgets. Senior governments have overshot their spending targets by a combined $119B, whi...
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S3 E23: Canada's Sky High Costs for End of Life Care from 2021-12-02T13:00:22
If most Canadians want to die at home, why don't we? Two out of three will die in a hospital and the cost is enormous. Doctors James Downar and Kieran Quinn offer solutions to cut costs and give us...
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S3 E22: Canada's Economic Recovery with John Stackhouse and Cynthia Leach from 2021-11-25T13:00:29
We welcome back RBC's John Stackhouse and Cynthia Leach to discuss how an estimated $280B saved by Canadian households during the pandemic will impact economic recovery, and what role public policy...
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S3 E21: Canada's $2 Trillion Dollar Transition from 2021-11-11T13:13:59
In part one of a two-part series, RBC’s John Stackhouse and Cynthia Leach join our Michael Hainsworth to discuss the road to reducing Canada's 730 million tonnes GHG to net-zero. With COP26 now beh...
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S1 E21: Canada's $2 Trillion Dollar Transition from 2021-11-11T13:13:59
In part one of a two-part series, RBC’s John Stackhouse and Cynthia Leach join our Michael Hainsworth to discuss the road to reducing Canada's 730 million tonnes GHG to net-zero. With COP26 now beh...
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S3 E20: The Gig Economy and EI with David Gray from 2021-10-25T15:12:25
The gig economy worker has been doing much of the heavy lifting during COVID-19, delivering everything from shopping packages to dinner. But when one loses their job, they fall through Employment I...
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S3 E19: Election 2021: The Final Stretch from 2021-09-16T19:35:51
In the home-stretch of Election 2021, how have the key parties fared? The NDP’s Jagmeet Singh and the PPC’s Maxime Bernier stole some of the thunder from the Liberals and Conservatives. Strategists...
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S3 E18: Hawks vs Doves: Canada's Fiscal Situation with Don Drummond and Kevin Milligan from 2021-09-13T13:50:48
Is now the time to pay for COVID-19 and to raise interest rates? Queen's University Stauffer-Dunning Fellow and Adjunct Professor Don Drummond is worried about saddling the next generation with tod...
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S3 E17: Normalizing Monetary Policy with Robert S. Kaplan from 2021-09-02T19:59:41
How will the US Federal Reserve normalize central bank policy without crashing the economy? Dallas Federal Reserve President and CEO Robert S. Kaplan tells Michael Hainsworth why he’s not focused o...
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S3 E16: Small Business Re-opening with Dan Kelly from 2021-08-26T17:20:58
As the Delta variant fuels a fourth wave of Coronavirus, small business in Canada is worried about another lockdown. The Canadian Federation of Independent Business reports only one third of busine...
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S3 E15: The Charter and Vaccine Passports from 2021-08-05T15:50:02
As the debate over vaccine passports continues, time is slipping away. In the report “Vaccine Ins and Outs: An Exploration of the Legal Issues Raised by Vaccine Passports,” two of its authors joine...
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S3 E14: Too Much Stimulus with Bill Robson and Jeremy Kronick from 2021-07-15T14:41:20
With most of Canada partially vaccinated and 41% going into a “two dose summer”, is now the time to pull back on COVID-19 related stimulus spending? The Institute’s Bill Robson and Jeremy Kronick t...
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S3 E13: Bill C-10 with Andrew Coyne and Jeanette Patell from 2021-06-24T18:26:56
Bill C-10’s attempts to amend Canada’s Broadcasting Act has it performing a high-wire act of its own. Globe & Mail columnist Andrew Coyne and Youtube’s Jeanette Patell sit down with Michael Hainswo...
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S3 E12: The Future of Automotive in Canada from 2021-06-17T14:20:05
The 1st anniversary of CUSMA is around the corner. But what does the future look like for the Canadian automotive industry in a post-CUSMA, and a post-COVID world? We turned to KPMG Canada’s Joy No...
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S3 E11: Taxing Vaping for Harm Reduction from 2021-05-26T13:23:34
Cigarette smoking is the single largest cause of avoidable premature death in Canada. It’s estimated to cut 10 years off a smoker’s life. Cigarettes have gotten a 21st century makeover since they w...
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S3 E10: Decarbonizing the Transportation Sector from 2021-05-18T14:09:21
Meeting Ottawa’s climate plan requires our cars and light trucks to cut GHG by 34 percent over the next decade. What’s it going to take to make the transportation sector do the heavy-lifting on red...
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S3 E9: Budget 2021 Reaction from 2021-04-22T19:36:50
Ottawa is kicking the cost of COVID-19 down the road and crossing its fingers we don’t encounter any additional economic or health crises between now and 2055. The Institute’s CEO Bill Robson is jo...
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S3 E8: Strengthening Canada's Childcare System from 2021-04-12T20:37:24
With vaccinations ramping up, our attention turns to the post-pandemic recovery. But how can the country recover without women in the workforce? Dr. Jennifer Robson of Carleton University and McGil...
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S3 E7: Modern Monetary Theory with Farah Omran and Mark Zelmer from 2021-04-05T12:26:50
Times of crisis open the door to new economic theories. As governments inflate debt to address them, talk about Modern Monetary Theory has grown into a chorus in some circles – particularly as the ...
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S3 E6: Paying for the Pandemic while Helping Small Business with Jagmeet Singh from 2021-03-25T21:05:38
Federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh’s plan to pay for the pandemic is to tax the companies that benefitted the most from the coronavirus response. It would inject more than $5B into Canada’s coffers. ...
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S3 E5: The Next Green Bond Wave with Glen Hodgson from 2021-03-19T14:04:41
The explosive growth in demand for green bonds is expected to return post-COVID. C.D. Howe Institute Senior Fellow Glen Hodgson tells Michael Hainsworth the pandemic has given the oil patch, foreig...
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S3 E4: Industrial Policy for Industry 4.0 from 2021-03-10T19:52:23
Governments are increasingly using industrial policy to give their Industry 4.0 economies a competitive edge. How should Canada respond after past failures in guiding the invisible hand of the mark...
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S3 E3: 5G and Canada's Telecom Future from 2021-02-26T20:08:30
The shift to remote work during COVID-19 has shone the spotlight on Canada’s infrastructure – and its digital divide. It comes at a time when the world is making a major shift to 5G. But unlike the...
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S3 E2: Keystone XL with Kristen van de Biezenbos from 2021-01-29T14:50:38
The US President has scrapped the Keystone XL pipeline. Is this the end of the southbound extension for TC Energy and the province of Alberta? The University of Calgary’s Kristen van de Biezenbos w...
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S3 E1: Addressing Labour Supply Shortages in Healthcare from 2021-01-26T16:59:37
In the midst of the worst pandemic in 100 years, addressing gaps in access to healthcare services in Canada has become a priority. The problem of a fractured provincial-based healthcare system has ...
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S2 E22: 2020 – The Year of Unprecedented Times from 2020-12-17T15:47:02
2020 will be known as “the year of unprecedented times.” As COVID-19 vaccine injections begin, we look back at how Canada handled the pandemic – what we did right and what we did wrong – with crisi...
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S2 E21: Ontario's COVID Response with Steven Del Duca from 2020-12-10T19:48:42
Ontario Liberal leader Steven Del Duca says if made premier, he would make education his top priority. But by 2022 it’s expected COVID will be behind us as vaccines are distributed through the cour...
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S2 E20: Flattening the Curve on the Second Wave from 2020-11-27T15:18:52
The second wave of COVID-19 is upon us, and hard lessons learned over the spring aren’t necessarily being applied today. So how do we flatten the curve going into the holidays? Hear insights from C...
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S2 E19: The Path to Prosperity Post COVID-19 from 2020-11-12T15:43:56
What will it take to put Canada on the path to prosperity in a post-COVID world? The economy is forecast to rise in 2021 but it’s a case of “one step forward, two steps back.” Taxing our way out of...
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S2 E18: Donald Trump Has Won, Now What? from 2020-10-28T20:04:35
With the U.S. Presidential election right around the corner, what would Donald Trump's re-election mean for Canada? Michael Hainsworth put that to the Wilson Centre’s Christopher Sands and former P...
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S2 E17: Joe Biden Has Won, Now What? from 2020-10-28T20:02:24
With the U.S. Presidential election right around the corner, what would a Joe Biden win mean for Canada? Michael Hainsworth sits down with the Wilson Centre’s Christopher Sands and former PMO commu...
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S2 E16: Open Banking with Abhishek Sinha from 2020-10-13T15:02:38
Open Banking is the future of finance. But how do we convince our banking system to “move fast and break things?” EY Canada’s Abhishek Sinha outlines to Michael Hainsworth the key pillars that are ...
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S2 E15: The Need for Fiscal Anchors with John Manley and Janice MacKinnon from 2020-09-17T18:26:10
The C.D. Howe Institute’s Fiscal and Tax Working Group is urging Ottawa to recommit to the idea of fiscal sustainability. As former finance ministers John Manley and Janice MacKinnon tell Michael H...
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S2 E14: Adapting to New Realities in Trade from 2020-09-01T17:45:15
COVID-19 laid bare the Achilles Heel of global trade. But as Canada’s Chief Trade Commissioner Ailish Campbell at Global Affairs Canada tells host Michael Hainsworth, not all of Canada’s exporters ...
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S2 E13: Breaking Down Internal Trade Barriers from 2020-08-13T14:09:55
COVID-19 has highlighted the need to break down interprovincial trade barriers. But how do we clean up the patchwork nature while protecting workers? Two influential economists tell host Michael Ha...
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S2 E12: COVID-19: Catalyst for Change in Canadian Health from 2020-07-30T17:18:32
COVID-19 has revealed “pre-existing conditions” in Canada’s healthcare system. Queen’s University professors Dr. Duncan Sinclair and Don Drummond tell host Michael Hainsworth that the solution is t...
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S2 E11: Sustainable Finance with Andy Chisholm from 2020-07-16T14:36:31
Sustainable Finance isn’t a buzzword, it’s the future of finance. But why is Canada lagging China, and the E.U.? RBC’s Andy Chisholm tells host Michael Hainsworth Canada needs to focus its efforts ...
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S2 E10: The Future of Commercial and Industrial Real Estate under COVID-19 from 2020-06-29T17:21:53
What does the real estate market look like after quarantine? Host Michael Hainsworth speaks with OMERS President & CEO Blake Hutcheson and CIBC Capital Markets economist Katherine Judge for insight...
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S2 E9: The Vape Debate with Ian Irvine from 2020-06-16T13:25:58
Vaping is safer than smoking. But is Canada taking the right approach to a technology that could save lives? C.D. Howe Institute Research Fellow and Concordia University professor Ian Irvine says t...
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S2 E8: Monetary Anchors with Mark Zelmer and Jeremy Kronick from 2020-05-28T17:14:57
Canada is emerging from the first wave of the pandemic with high levels of private and public debt. That's why the Crisis Working Group on Monetary and Financial Measures is urging Canada to recomm...
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S2 E7: Business Impacts of the Pandemic and Restart with Glen Hodgson from 2020-05-15T13:26:51
We're starting to get quantifiable data on the impact of COVID-19 on Canadian businesses. More than half say they won't survive beyond the next 90 days without revenue. Economist and C.D. Howe Inst...
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S2 E6: Healthcare after COVID-19 with Janet Ecker from 2020-04-17T16:25:26
What are the lessons of COVID-19 for Canada’s healthcare sector? Newly appointed Senior Fellow and former Ontario Finance Minister Janet Ecker leans on her experience with SARS and the 2008 financi...
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S2 E5: COVID-19 Emergency Response Package from 2020-03-20T12:05:02
Analysis of Ottawa's $82 billion emergency response package from the C.D. Howe Institute's Vice President of Research Daniel Schwanen and Associate Director of Research Grant Bishop reveals encoura...
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S2 E4: Shadow Budget 2020 from 2020-03-13T18:46:05
Ottawa is preparing its 2020 Federal Budget, and the Institute is urging Parliament Hill to cut the corporate tax rate and address the impact of COVID-19 on the Canadian economy. President & CEO Bi...
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S2 E3: Austerity and the Economy from 2020-02-24T13:10:52
When does it make sense to cut spending to reduce government debt? The answer from Harvard's Alberto Alesina may surprise you, and he tells host Michael Hainsworth it has everything to do with inve...
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S2 E2: Inequality and Monetary Policy from 2020-02-14T21:07:10
Michael Hainsworth sits down with the Institute's Jeremy Kronick to talk about income inequality's effect on inflation, and the rising non-bank financial intermediary sector that could be diluting ...
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S2 E1: New Urbanism with Dan Doctoroff from 2020-01-29T15:49:47
Sidewalk Labs CEO Dan Doctoroff tells Michael Hainsworth he’s optimistic the delayed decision on a 21st century “city within a city” will be a green light, discusses the data privacy issues with th...
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S1 E18: Mandate 2020 from 2020-01-02T18:31:32
New year, new opportunity. 2020 will be the Federal Government’s first real opportunity to build on the platforms of the October 2019 election. Queen’s University adjunct professor Don Drummond and...
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S1 E17: Rigged Housing Markets from 2019-12-09T16:52:51
Host Michael Hainsworth sits down with economist and Harvard professor Edward Glaeser to talk housing supply, the affordable housing crisis, and and why he believes the housing market is rigged aga...
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S1 E16: Alberta's Fiscal Priorities from 2019-11-18T20:10:32
In this episode of the C.D. Howe Institute podcast, Michael Hainsworth speaks to Alberta Finance Minister Travis Toews about his province’s plans to get back into the black within four years, lower...
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S1 E15: Challenges of AI in Canada from 2019-11-12T14:37:50
Canada punches above its weight in Artificial Intelligence Research, but investment is down. Deloitte Canada's Shelby Austin and Uber's Inmar Givoni join Michael Hainsworth on this episode to talk ...
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S1 E14: Canada's Coffers from 2019-10-18T19:12:33
How are Canada’s coffers faring going into the election? C.D. Howe Institute Senior Fellow Glen Hodgson says Canada’s political platforms aren’t preparing for a potential recession — or even a slow...
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S1 E13: Pre-Election, Pre-Recession from 2019-10-08T13:27:07
With Canada's 2019 federal election around the corner, and the possibility of a recession, why aren’t the major party leaders talking about what they would do in the event of a downturn? Bill Robso...
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S1 E12: Bad Fits from 2019-09-23T14:40:23
Canada has a labour force problem. Many of us aren't matched to our jobs, and with A.I. on the rise and the continued march of automation, the problem is set to worsen. Miana Plesca from the Univer...
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S1 E11: Brexit and Canada from 2019-09-13T17:48:18
As the political situation in the United Kingdom grows ever more precarious, Michael Hainsworth sits down with David Blancheflower, professor of economics at Dartmouth College and former member of ...
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S1 E10: America First in New NAFTA Regime from 2019-07-29T20:28:08
America is the big winner in the CUSMA trade pact, with more access to Canada’s dairy and poultry markets, increases in intellectual property protection for pharmaceuticals, and new rules on cross-...
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S1 E9: Auto-Motives from 2019-07-12T15:54:49
In this episode, Michael Hainsworth sits down with auto industry veteran Dennis DesRosiers and Jon Johnson, former advisor to the Canadian government during the NAFTA negotiations, to take a deep d...
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S1 E8: Universal Pharmacare from 2019-06-14T20:29:19
Are there better options for getting Canadians the medications they need? Our health policy expert, Rosalie Wyonch, sits down with Michael to discuss the report released by Dr. Eric Hoskins calling...
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S1 E7: Bill C69 with Grant Bishop from 2019-06-11T14:57:54
After significant amendments from the Senate, Bill C-69 is coming back to the House for third reading. The original bill would have created significant uncertainties for the energy sector by allowi...
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S1 E6: Canada's $150B Money Laundering Problem from 2019-05-06T15:18:04
Why is it almost impossible to catch all the dirty money being claimed in Canada? In this week’s episode, Michael discusses with Kevin Comeau, author of our much anticipated upcoming publication, o...
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S1 E5: Peter Bethlenfalvy on the Ontario Budget from 2019-04-17T19:59:32
Michael Hainsworth sits down with Peter Bethlenfalvy, President of the Treasury Board Secretariat of Ontario, to discuss the Ontario Government's latest budget. With Ontario's debt at unprecedented...
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S1 E4: What’s in a Federal Budget? The Post-Budget Edition from 2019-03-28T19:04:32
Now that Finance Minister Bill Morneau has released the 2019 Federal Budget, the Institute’s Rosalie Wyonch and Glen Hodgson sit down with host Michael Hainsworth to unpack the budget’s main themes...
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S1 E3: Pre-Budget Edition – No Rainy Day Funds from 2019-03-12T13:36:37
The Federal Government hasn’t been saving for a rainy day. And that rainy day may be coming as early as 2020. The C.D. Howe Institute’s Bill Robson and Queens University economist Don Drummond disc...
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S1 E2: Developing Canadian Innovation – Featuring The Honourable Navdeep Bains from 2019-02-22T19:37:24
The Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, recently paid a visit to the Institute to outline how Canada can better develop innovators. Following his speech, he sat down with Mich...
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S1 E1: Millennials & Municipalities from 2019-02-01T21:12:21
This week, Michael sits down with Institute President and CEO Bill Robson to discuss the fiscal future of millennials and their children. Next, Bill takes us through recent Institute rankings of mu...
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Intelligence Chat - Low Vaccination Rates Posing Health Hazard on Adult Canadians from 2018-05-01T20:46:03
Despite clinical evidence showing the value of immunization, vaccination rates among adult Canadians are dangerously low.
In our latest show, our hosts Alex McBrien and Laura Bouchard disc...
Intelligence Chat - Here's What to Expect from the NAFTA Negotiations from 2017-08-11T13:36:37
Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland will reveal Canada's broad negotiation goals when she testifies before the parliamentary committee on trade next Monday, August 14th. And Canada, the U.S....
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Intelligence Chat - House Rich, Big-Spending Canadians Taking Gamble from 2017-06-02T15:29:33
House rich, big-spending Canadians are taking a gamble on the risk of an economic shock in Canada. Join us for a conversation about some troubling mortgage and consumption trends in Canada, and the...
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Intelligence Chat - Fence-Sitting Parents to Blame for Falling Vaccine Rates from 2017-04-25T19:33:58
A vocal few Canadians hold anti-vaccine views, but they are not the main reason for insufficient childhood vaccination coverage across Canada.
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Intelligence Chat - “Fourth Pillar” Assets Improve Retirement Outlook for Canadians from 2016-09-29T19:49:11
Fourth-pillar assets significantly improve the outlook for Canadian households’ retirement readiness.
Full report: https://goo.gl/rYQF0j
Intelligence Chat - A Blueprint for Getting Green Tech Right from 2016-07-26T18:19:52
Here's how government can efficiently support the development of green energy technology.
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Intelligence Chat - Modernizing Business Taxation from 2016-05-31T14:17:52
The Canadian corporate income tax system has a number of problems that call for fundamental reforms, starting with rethinking the main role of the system.
Full report: https://goo.gl/qzjx6W
The Common Room - Canada’s Wins and Losses under the Trans-Pacific Partnership from 2016-04-22T13:28:28
How would the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) impact Canada?
Full report: http://ow.ly/4mYZcT
The Common Room: Bank of Canada Should Prepare Now for the Next Financial Crisis from 2016-03-16T17:54:43
How should the Bank of Canada start preparing for the next financial crisis?
Full report: http://ow.ly/4mZ0gy