During the past 30 years, Canada’s share of world foreign direct investment (FDI) has been subject to a secular decline. Further, according to various measures of openness to foreign investments, Canada does not rank favourably against many of its peers. One of the culprits is Canada’s...

Canada’s system of dairy supply-management restricts the availability of milk to Canadian households, food processors and restaurants to maintain a higher price for milk and dairy products than Canadians would otherwise pay. The immediate beneficiaries of the system are Canadian dairy farmers...

Canada’s system of dairy supply-management restricts the availability of milk to Canadian households, food processors and restaurants to maintain a higher price for milk and dairy products than Canadians would otherwise pay. The immediate beneficiaries of the system are Canadian dairy farmers...

The intellectual property (IP) provisions of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada and the European Union, and of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), were among their most controversial features. Critics focused notably on strengthened protection for...

Are Canadians acting like they are “house poor” and scrimping on spending in other parts of their lives because of what they pay for homes? What is interesting about this question is the fact that Canadian monthly mortgage bills, measured by the mortgage debt-service ratio, are approximately...