New federal government carbon pricing regulations for electricity generators will reduce the average carbon cost for coal plants, while decreasing incentives for cleaner wind, solar and hydro projects, says a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute.As phase two of the carbon-pricing...

The Investment Canada Act (ICA) needs an overhaul. This reform must include a paradigm shift in thinking to a much less restrictive view about the benefits of foreign direct investment in Canada. Currently, the ICA operates under the presumption that foreign firms behave detrimentally to the...

To provide a comparative view of electricity costs across Canada, this Commentary presents cost estimates for each province’s electricity system in 2018 and monthly costs facing representative consumer profiles in each province for 2019. In 2018, Ontario, Nova Scotia and Alberta had the...

During the past decade of mounting global imbalances, many academics and policymakers have argued that the exchange rate of China's Renminbi – perceived by many as intentionally undervalued relative to the U.S. dollar – has contributed to China's substantial trade (and consequent current...

This paper proposes a framework for the analysis of anti-competitive conduct in the context of two-sided platforms under Canadian competition law. Applying this framework, the paper analyzes two recent reviewable conduct applications by the Competition Commissioner – against Visa and...

The 2009 amendments to the Competition Act introduced administrative monetary penalties ("AMPs") for a finding of abuse of dominant position of up to $10 million for the first order, and a $15 million for each subsequent order. The quantum of such an AMP is to be determined according to a list...