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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.
A wallet, with some cash peaking out, sitting on a tax form.

Broad tax reform belongs at the centre of Canada’s growth agenda

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

A line drawing of scrambled lines being placed in order by a dollar sign inside a cog.

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 Ontario Legislative Assembly building in Toronto.

How big should city governments be? Two mayors respond

The Ontario Legislative Assembly building in Toronto.

How big should city governments be? Two academics respond

A table which presents examples of GRI’s 96 sustainability performance indicators.

Why public accountability statements just for the banks?

The top of a person's head in front of a dark chalkboard, above which a thought bubble is drawn in chalk.

Pondering Canadian neo-conservatism

A healthcare worker in blue scrubs gently holds the hand of an elderly patient lying in a hospital bed.

Make the DINKs pay

Paul Martin’s milestone: One for the record books

Currency unions: Europe vs. the United States

Mundell and Friedman: Four key disagreements

A close-up of multiple rolled banknotes from various countries standing upright side by side, displaying a wide range of colours including green, blue, red, pink, and yellow.

Central banks: Who needs them?

Would fixed rates make markets more flexible?

In the foreground, a Compaq computer monitor displays a large euro symbol (€) on screen. In the background, two workers are seated at desks with multiple monitors, one of whom appears to be resting their head in their hands.

New currency regimes: How green the grass? How high the fence?

A close-up of multiple rolled banknotes from various countries standing upright side by side, displaying a wide range of colours including green, blue, red, pink, and yellow.

The missing link in the debate on monetary regulation

Le drapeau de l'Alberta flotte dans les airs avec un coucher de soleil en fond.

The Alberta agenda

A magnifying glass resting on a detailed road map of Alberta, Canada, highlighting towns and highways in the southern part of the province. Visible locations include Vulcan, High River, Okotoks, Claresholm, Fort Macleod, Brooks, Bassano, and Vauxhall, among others. The word "Alberta" is printed in large yellow and black letters across the centre of the map. Road numbers and highway markers are visible throughout.

What the West wants

The chart illustrates a clear shift in GDP distribution away from business and toward labour over the 25-year period.

The revolution is dead. Long live the revolution!

From the top left, clockwise: Preston Manning, Stockwell Day, Mike Harris, Ralph Klein.

Has neo-conservatism failed?

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