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Dismantling Ottawa’s Costly Web of Rules: How to Build a Functioning Federal Accountability Regime

Defying Gravity: The Compelling but Challenging Case for Diversifying Canada’s Trade

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Improving Macrofinancial Stability in Canada

A Skills-Based Approach to Career Transitions: Identifying Pathways for Workers and Communities Facing Economic Disruption

Where Intent Meets Reality: Embedding Implementation Into Government Decision-Making

Five Steps to Advance Robust Industrial Policy in Canada

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Defying Gravity: Diversifying Canada’s Trade

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Automatic Tax Filing: Welcome News for Lower-Income Canadians, but There’s More to Do

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From Fragmented Data to Faster Decisions: Building a Sovereign Impact Assessment Agent

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Escaping the housing trap: what the Carney budget reveals

by Eric Champagne, Gabriel Imbeau, Mathieu Fleury

January 19, 2026

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