Unlocking Canada’s full economic potential by harmonizing regulations
Each province operates under its own building codes, material certification requirements, and procurement policies, which often fail to align with each other.
Despite the hype, transforming the Canadian economy requires more than modest reform
If Canada is serious about boosting long-term growth, we need to go further, pairing the targeted regulatory cleanup now underway with big-lift reforms and investments that will have a more substantial impact.
More trade, not less protection for workers
Lower trade barriers cannot mean lower standards. If we harmonize, aim high or don’t bother.
Climate policy is economic policy
An energy vision for Canada that includes achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 is needed to shape our actions, policies, and investments.
Did the Throne Speech meet the needs of this moment?
Many would agree that we are at what constitutes another 1944 moment—a pivotal time necessitating major structural reforms of policies and institutions.
Is Carney’s mandate for technocracy or transformation?
Here lies the Carney paradox: his critique of market fundamentalism has always been more radical than his remedies.
Canada can’t move forward without Indigenous-led solutions
No serious national strategy—be it economic, environmental, or geopolitical—can succeed without Indigenous leadership, co-ownership, and shared decision-making power.
King Charles delivered the message, now Carney’s got to deliver the goods
The Throne Speech was right to set out great opportunities and ambitions. But without some seriously clear-headed leadership and radical changes in public policies, it could become just empty aspirations.
International trade, the economy top-lobbied issues in April, and Ford, GM led the way
‘The world has shifted, and Canada must shift with it,’ reads a policy report from the Council of Canadian Innovators on May 6.
Energy Minister Hodgson has experience with moving big projects, but some sector experts question plans to build up conventional energy alongside renewables
In the Throne Speech, King Charles III promised development of a Major Federal Project Office to reduce approvals timelines for nationally significant projects from five years to two.
