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Canada needs an open finance roadmap, not just open banking

Canada’s 2026 open banking launch is a milestone, but without a broader open finance plan, consumers and small businesses will miss out on real affordability gains.
In a hanger, Carney stands in front of a long row of people in military fatigues and a grey aircraft.

Canada’s national-security strategy needs three pillars

The first ministers standing in front of the prime minister’s residence, from left to right: Glen Clark, B.C.; Gary Filmon, Man.; Ralph Klein Alta.; Lucien Bouchard, Que.; Piers McDonald, Yukon; Roy Ramanow, Sask.; Jean Chrétien, Brian Tobin, Nfld.; Camille Thériault,N.B.; Miike Harris, Ont.; Patrick Binns, P.E.I.; Russell MacLellan, N.S.; and Jim Antoine, N.W.T.

Canada needs a new social union deal

Cyclists ride along a bike lane in downtown Toronto.

Canada needs a deeper municipal bond market

Mark Carney photographed in profile with an old Canadian Pacific train in the background. The word “Canadian” appears in front of him.

The Canada Strong Fund isn’t a sovereign wealth fund — and that’s OK

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Canada is spending billions to fix the wrong productivity problem

Thomas Courchene in a suit standing for a portrait.

Tom Courchene showed how economists can shape public policy

A worker in a yellow safety vest wrangles three shopping carts in a driving snowstorm.

A youth employment supplement could rebalance Canada’s generational divide

The man stands knee-deep in a clearing with tall grasses and an evergreen forest in the distance.

Why peatlands must be central to Canada’s climate and economic agendas

La demande pour des innovations est laissée en plan

Budget 2017: Right road, low fuel Column by Jennifer Ditchburn

How to speedread the federal budget

Which way forward for Canada’s international investment treaty policy?

Les limites d’un gouvernement à faibles revenus

La rémunération des salariés au Canada depuis 1945 : de la progression au recul

Hiking the GST: What does the public think?

Les angles morts du budget fédéral

Tax amnesties — a lifeline for the wealthy

What we should ignore in Budget 2016

Canada does not require fiscal stimulus

Lutte au déficit prise 2 : d’un plan conservateur à l’autre

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Pondering Canadian neo-conservatism

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Make the DINKs pay

Currency unions: Europe vs. the United States

Mundell and Friedman: Four key disagreements

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