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Canada's Technical Recession Isn't the Real Problem. A Decade of Economic Weakness Is.
Jun 11, 2026
19m 42s
Why Gen Z Can’t Find Jobs Right Now | Labour Economist Tammy Schirle Explains
May 14, 2026
19m 19s
Does Canada Even Need a Sovereign Wealth Fund? Economist Reacts to the 2026 Spring Fiscal Update
Apr 30, 2026
15m 28s
The Tax Credit That Could Give Millions of Canadians a Pension | Alex Mazer and Keith Ambachtsheer
Apr 23, 2026
19m 52s
Why the $10/day Childcare Program Isn’t Working & How to Fix It ft. Parisa Mahboubi and Tingting Zhang
Apr 16, 2026
20m 44s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/11/26 | Canada's Technical Recession Isn't the Real Problem. A Decade of Economic Weakness Is.✨ | economic recessionGDP figures+3 | Jeremy KronickPhilip Cross | Statistics Canada | Canada | technical recessionGDP+3 | — | 19m 42s | |
| 5/14/26 | Why Gen Z Can’t Find Jobs Right Now | Labour Economist Tammy Schirle Explains✨ | youth unemploymentjob market+4 | Tammy Schirle | University of Laurier | CanadaGen Z | youth unemploymentCanada+5 | — | 19m 19s | |
| 4/30/26 | Does Canada Even Need a Sovereign Wealth Fund? Economist Reacts to the 2026 Spring Fiscal Update✨ | sovereign wealth fundCanada Strong Fund+3 | Kate Koplovich | C.D. Howe InstituteFinancial Post | CanadaOttawa+2 | sovereign wealth fundCanada Strong Fund+3 | — | 15m 28s | |
| 4/23/26 | The Tax Credit That Could Give Millions of Canadians a Pension | Alex Mazer and Keith Ambachtsheer✨ | pensionstax credits+3 | Alex MazerKeith Ambachtsheer | — | — | company pension plansmall business+3 | — | 19m 52s | |
| 4/16/26 | Why the $10/day Childcare Program Isn’t Working & How to Fix It ft. Parisa Mahboubi and Tingting Zhang✨ | childcareeconomics+3 | Parisa MahboubiTingting Zhang | — | Canada | childcare spaces$10-a-day fees+3 | — | 20m 44s | |
| 4/9/26 | Why Canada Isn’t Seeing Gains from AI Yet ft. Economists Rosalie Wyonch and Daniel Schwanen✨ | artificial intelligenceeconomics+3 | Rosalie WyonchDaniel Schwanen | — | Canada | AI raceeconomic gains+3 | — | 26m 05s | |
| 4/2/26 | The 5% NATO Commitment Price Tag Will Require Ottawa to Make Tough Choices✨ | NATOCanada+3 | Colin BusbyNicholas Dahir | NATO | OttawaCanada | NATO commitmentCanada+3 | — | 19m 37s | |
| 3/18/26 | Are Canadians Paying Too Much in Taxes? Jack Mintz on Tax Reform and a Major Overhaul✨ | tax reformeconomy+3 | Jack Mintz | The C.D. Howe InstituteCDHI | Canada | big bang reformtaxes+3 | — | 25m 04s | |
| 3/5/26 | The Exit Interview: Bill Robson on Canada’s Economy, Policy, and the Future of Debate✨ | Canada's economypolitical discourse+3 | Bill Robson | the C.D. Howe InstituteInstitute+3 | Canada | C.D. Howe Institutepolitical discourse+3 | — | 26m 35s | |
| 2/25/26 | Why Canadian Students Still Can’t Do Basic Math ft. Prof Anna Stokke✨ | educationmathematics+3 | Prof Anna Stokke | OECDthe University of Winnipeg | Canada | CanadaOECD average+3 | — | 17m 41s | |
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| 2/10/26 | Canada’s Chief of Defence on NATO, Arctic Security & Preparing for Uncertainty✨ | defenseNATO+3 | General Jennie Carignan | F-35F-35 fighter jets+2 | CanadaArctic | Defence Investment Agencysovereignty+3 | — | 24m 24s | |
| 1/29/26 | Bank of Canada Holds Interest Rates as CUSMA Looms – Economists Break It Down✨ | economicsinterest rates+3 | Steve AmblerDr. Jeremy Kronick | Bank of CanadaCUSMA+2 | — | Bank of Canadabenchmark interest rate+3 | — | 24m 13s | |
| 1/22/26 | AI, Innovation, and the Productivity Crisis in Canada Explained by a Nobel Prize–Winning Economist✨ | AIInnovation+3 | Peter Howitt | phoneNobel Prize+1 | CanadaWashington | creative destructionCanadian Economy+3 | — | 20m 51s | |
| 12/16/25 | If Canada Moves Too Slowly on Stablecoins, Here’s What’s at Risk | Canada can’t fall behind in the digital currency revolution. We famously adopted the bank machine before the US, and outpace most countries in digital adoption. On this episode of the C.D. Howe Institute Podcast, senior policy analyst Peter MacKenzie and fellow-in-residence Mark Zelmer tell host Michael Hainsworth why Stablecoin isn’t just a cryptocurrency fad, what the risks are if we stick our heads in the sand, and what path Ottawa should take to forge our own currency. | — | ||||||
| 12/11/25 | Why Major Projects Take So Long to Build in Canada - And How to Fix It | Canada needs new infrastructure fast – but major projects still take years or decades. Why? Host Michael Hainsworth speaks with economist David Jones about what’s slowing us down and how projects under the Building Canada Act could speed things up. | — | ||||||
| 12/3/25 | What Canadians Don’t Know About Canada Post’s Billion-Dollar Problem with Glen Hodgson | It may be safe to mail Christmas cards again, but what will Canada's posties deliver in 2026? The Institute's Glen Hodgson on how to bring-down the billion dollar cost of delivering mail from coast to coast to coast. | — | ||||||
| 11/19/25 | Should Canada Scrap the Electric Vehicle Mandate? Brian Livingston Makes the Case | Pull the plug on the Zero Emissions Vehicle mandate until we’ve got clarity on trade. That’s the advice from industry watcher Brian Livingston. The Institute’s fellow-in-residence has crunched the numbers and warns hundreds of thousands of Canadians won’t be able to buy the car they need. Want more insights like this? Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest research and expert commentary: https://cdhowe.org/newsletter-signup/ | — | ||||||
| 11/12/25 | Why Low and Middle-Income Canadians Can’t Get the Financial Advice They Need | About a third of Canadians are taking financial advice from “finfluencers”. Golfdale Consulting’s Gary Edwards warns that this is a recipe for disaster for a demographic that can’t afford to gamble with their retirement funds. He offers two solutions. | — | ||||||
| 11/5/25 | Budget 2025 with Bill Robson: What Canadians Need to Know | Canada does not have a credible fiscal plan. After Ottawa revealed the details of its “sea change” budget, the Institute’s Bill Robson explains why Mark Carney’s first budget in the age of Trump fails to get a passing grade. | — | ||||||
| 10/30/25 | Canada's Innovation Crisis and Solutions Explained in 20 Minutes with Professor Catherine Beaudry | Think Canada has a productivity problem? Polytechnique Montreal’s Catherine Beaudry connects the dots between productivity, innovation, and one of the country’s other big issues: scaling-up small businesses. | — | ||||||
| 9/15/25 | Paul Wells on What Canadians Can Expect From Parliament This Fall | The fall sitting of the House of Commons begins today, and it’s an uphill battle for Canada’s novice politician turned Prime Minister. Veteran political affairs reporter Paul Wells joins the C.D. Howe Institute’s Colin Busby to discuss what Parliament Hill's policy priorities should be. | — | ||||||
| 8/21/25 | Experts Discuss the Impact of Canada’s International Student Caps | With foreign student caps now firmly in place, how are Canada’s colleges and universities fairing? According to Alex Usher of Higher Education Strategy Associates and the University of Waterloo’s Mikal Skuterud, Ottawa needs to prioritize students — and the provinces need to prioritize spending. | — | ||||||
| 8/13/25 | Why Canada Won’t Hit Its Immigration Reduction Target | Ottawa won’t meet its goal of reducing temporary immigration at this rate. The Institute’s Parisa Mahboubi asks why the federal government set a target it can’t meet, and tells Michael Hainsworth what needs to be done to bring more skilled labour into the economy. | — | ||||||
| 7/30/25 | US, Canada & Mexico Negotiators on Why Free Trade Matters | What does it take to protect $1 trillion in trade? Three CUSMA negotiators share the importance of preserving duty‑free trade between Canada, the US, and Mexico – and why these relationships remain vital for all three economies. | — | ||||||
| 7/22/25 | Don't Inflate the Bank of Canada's Mandate with Steve Ambler and Jeremy Kronick | Should Canada adopt America’s monetary policy? The Institute’s Jeremy Kronick and Steve Ambler explain to our Michael Hainsworth that changing the way we guide the economy to be more like the U.S. would have disastrous results. | — | ||||||
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