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The CDHI Podcast — 184 episodes
What Happens to Canada When the US Debt Crisis Hits?
What Should the Bank of Canada’s Mandate Be? David Dodge and Jeremy Kronick Weigh In
Benjamin Tal & Frank Clayton on Canada's Supply Problem, Condo Recession and Development Charges
Is This the End of North American Free Trade?
Canada's Technical Recession Isn't the Real Problem. A Decade of Economic Weakness Is.
Why Gen Z Can’t Find Jobs Right Now | Labour Economist Tammy Schirle Explains
Does Canada Even Need a Sovereign Wealth Fund? Economist Reacts to the 2026 Spring Fiscal Update
The Tax Credit That Could Give Millions of Canadians a Pension | Alex Mazer and Keith Ambachtsheer
Why the $10/day Childcare Program Isn’t Working & How to Fix It ft. Parisa Mahboubi and Tingting Zhang
Why Canada Isn’t Seeing Gains from AI Yet ft. Economists Rosalie Wyonch and Daniel Schwanen
The 5% NATO Commitment Price Tag Will Require Ottawa to Make Tough Choices
Are Canadians Paying Too Much in Taxes? Jack Mintz on Tax Reform and a Major Overhaul
The Exit Interview: Bill Robson on Canada’s Economy, Policy, and the Future of Debate
Why Canadian Students Still Can’t Do Basic Math ft. Prof Anna Stokke
Canada’s Chief of Defence on NATO, Arctic Security & Preparing for Uncertainty
Bank of Canada Holds Interest Rates as CUSMA Looms – Economists Break It Down
AI, Innovation, and the Productivity Crisis in Canada Explained by a Nobel Prize–Winning Economist
If Canada Moves Too Slowly on Stablecoins, Here’s What’s at Risk
Why Major Projects Take So Long to Build in Canada - And How to Fix It
What Canadians Don’t Know About Canada Post’s Billion-Dollar Problem with Glen Hodgson
Should Canada Scrap the Electric Vehicle Mandate? Brian Livingston Makes the Case
Why Low and Middle-Income Canadians Can’t Get the Financial Advice They Need
Budget 2025 with Bill Robson: What Canadians Need to Know
Canada's Innovation Crisis and Solutions Explained in 20 Minutes with Professor Catherine Beaudry
Paul Wells on What Canadians Can Expect From Parliament This Fall
Experts Discuss the Impact of Canada’s International Student Caps
Why Canada Won’t Hit Its Immigration Reduction Target
US, Canada & Mexico Negotiators on Why Free Trade Matters
Don't Inflate the Bank of Canada's Mandate with Steve Ambler and Jeremy Kronick
Interprovincial Trade Progress with Ryan Manucha
Banking on Infrastructure Banks with Sebastien Betermier
Energy Independence with Travis Toews and Rory Johnston
Canada's Municipal Class Clowns? with Bill Robson and Nick Dahir
Intelligent AI Policy with Anindya Sen and Rosalie Wyonch
Auto Trade Back to the Future with Stephen Beatty and Daniel Schwanen
Negotiating with Trump with Mitzie Hunter and Jason Kenney
Budgeting for Trump in 2025 with Bill Robson and Don Drummond
Growing Small into Big: The Housing Crisis Solution with Paul Beaudry and Jeremy Kronick
Pension Tension and the Trump Trade with Claude Lamoureux
Toronto's Big Smoke (Screen) Budget with Bill Robson and Nick Dahir
Tapping Immigrant Talent with Parisa Mahboubi and Tingting Zhang
Countering Trump's Trade Tariffs with Gary Hufbauer, Daniel Schwanen and Bill Robson
Healthcare System, Heal Thyself with Mark Holland and Rosalie Wyonch
Trump's Tumultuous Tariff Threat with Meredith Lilly and Daniel Schwanen
Capital Gains Bullet Dodged with Jack Mintz and Alex Laurin
The 2024 Year in Review
No Balanced Budget For Christmas with Bill Robson
Ho, Ho, Hold the GST Holiday with Bill Robson and Don Drummond
Prescribing Innovation with Rosalie Wyonch and Helen Angus
Trump Won, Now What? With John Baird and John Manley
Another Day Older and Deeper in Debt with Parisa Mahboubi and Bill Robson
Elections, Trade and NATO with US Ambassador David Cohen
Regent Debate Redux with Conrad Black and Martha Hall Findlay
Canada's Productivity Problem
Wilbur Ross on Trump Back in the White House
Why an Empty-Homes Tax Doesn't Solve the Housing Crisis with Gherardo Caracciolo
Avoiding a Greek-Style Debt Crisis with Andrew Coyne and Trevor Tombe
Optimizing Immigration for Economic Growth with Mikal Skuterud and Christopher Worswick
Countdown to CUSMA with Lawrence Herman
The Doctor Dilemma with Tingting Zhang and Rosalie Wyonch
Are Canadians Willing to Pay for Net Zero? with A.J. Goulding and Nik Nanos
Prospects for the World Economy in the Polycrisis with Martin Wolf
Seniors' Care Scenarios with Rosalie Wyonch
Tax Reform is Taxing with Heather Evans
Ontario's 2024 Budget Gets a B with Bill Robson
Pharmacare in Critical Condition with Dr. Jane Philpott, Fred Horne and Rosalie Wyonch
Canada's Supply Chain System with Ari Van Assche
Shadow Budget 2024 with Bill Robson and Don Drummond
The Scope and Nature of Private Healthcare with Katherine Fierlbeck
Alberta's Energy Woes with Kent Fellows
The Regent Debate Revisited with Mitzie Hunter, Jason Kenney and John Tory
How the Price of Milk Threatens Canada's Auto Industry with Bill Robson and Martha Hall Findlay
Double the Pain: How Inflation Increases Tax Burdens with Bill Robson and Alex Laurin
The Divide Between Policymakers and Those They Serve with Paul Wells
The Proper Federal Role in Housing with Benjamin Dachis
The Impact of AI on Democracy and Humanity with Yoshua Bengio
Canada's Housing Affordability Crisis with Romy Bowers and Bob Dugan
Broken Spending Estimates with Bill Robson and Neil Moss
Stop Throwing Money at Canada’s Productivity Problem With Charles Plant
Booze & Cigarettes and Interprovincial Trade with Ryan Manucha
Reforms Needed for Investor-State Disputes with Lawrence Herman
Slaying the Beast with Jeremy Kronick and Steve Ambler
Competition in Healthcare with Shaun Francis
The Economics of Supply Chain Politics with Dan Ciuriak
Portable Heath Benefits Plan with Chris Bonnett and Rosalie Wyonch
Live Long and Prosper? with Bill Robson
Canada's Labour Shortage with Mikal Skuterud
The Case for Small Nuclear Reactors with John Richards and Gary Rose
Fallout from Silicon Valley Bank with Peter Hall
Net Zero: The Plan to Have a Plan with Erica Myers and Brian Livingston
Shadow Budget 2023 with Bill Robson and Don Drummond
Healthcare After COVID-19 with Dr. Bob Bell and Will Falk
Looking Ahead with Andrew Coyne
S4 E18: Uneven Odds: Men, Women, and the Obstacles to Getting Back to Work with Kids
S4 E17: Labour Shortages in the Healthcare Sector
S4 E16: SME Challenges with Michael Denham
S4 E15: The Future of the Bank of Canada's Balance Sheet
S4 E14: Only Hot Air? with Charles DeLand
S4 E13: STEM Skills Shortage Solutions with Bill Robson and Jayson Hilchie
S4 E12: Canada's 2030 ERP and the Future of Alberta's Oil Patch with Kent Fellows
S4 E11: Lives Put On Hold The Impact Of The COVID-19 Pandemic On Canada's Youth With Parisa Mahboubi
S4 E10: Going Dutch: Choice, Competition and Equity in Healthcare with Rosalie Wyonch
S4 E9: Inflation and a Recession with Bill Robson and Jeremy Kronick
S4 E8: The New Climate Bargain
S4 E7: Inflation with David Dodge and Stephen Poloz
S4 E6: The Economic Consequences of the War in Ukraine
S4 E5: Combatting Money Laundering to Help Ukraine with Kevin Comeau
S4 E4: Getting Serious Shadow Budget 2022 with Bill Robson
S4 E3: Shoppers' Online Choices Transform Retail
S4 E2: Fixing Medicare with Don Drummond and Duncan Sinclair
S4 E1: The Effect of Online Learning on Student Performance with Emily Oster
S3 E24: Reliable Budgets and Transparency with Bill Robson
S3 E23: Canada's Sky High Costs for End of Life Care
S3 E22: Canada's Economic Recovery with John Stackhouse and Cynthia Leach
S3 E21: Canada's $2 Trillion Dollar Transition
S3 E20: The Gig Economy and EI with David Gray
S3 E19: Election 2021: The Final Stretch
S3 E18: Hawks vs Doves: Canada's Fiscal Situation with Don Drummond and Kevin Milligan
S3 E17: Normalizing Monetary Policy with Robert S. Kaplan
S3 E16: Small Business Re-opening with Dan Kelly
S3 E15: The Charter and Vaccine Passports
S3 E14: Too Much Stimulus with Bill Robson and Jeremy Kronick
S3 E13: Bill C-10 with Andrew Coyne and Jeanette Patell
S3 E12: The Future of Automotive in Canada
S3 E11: Taxing Vaping for Harm Reduction
S3 E10: Decarbonizing the Transportation Sector
S3 E9: Budget 2021 Reaction
S3 E8: Strengthening Canada's Childcare System
S3 E7: Modern Monetary Theory with Farah Omran and Mark Zelmer
S3 E6: Paying for the Pandemic while Helping Small Business with Jagmeet Singh
S3 E5: The Next Green Bond Wave with Glen Hodgson
S3 E4: Industrial Policy for Industry 4.0
S3 E3: 5G and Canada's Telecom Future
S3 E2: Keystone XL with Kristen van de Biezenbos
S3 E1: Addressing Labour Supply Shortages in Healthcare
S2 E22: 2020 – The Year of Unprecedented Times
S2 E21: Ontario's COVID Response with Steven Del Duca
S2 E20: Flattening the Curve on the Second Wave
S2 E19: The Path to Prosperity Post COVID-19
S2 E18: Donald Trump Has Won, Now What?
S2 E17: Joe Biden Has Won, Now What?
S2 E16: Open Banking with Abhishek Sinha
S2 E15: The Need for Fiscal Anchors with John Manley and Janice MacKinnon
S2 E14: Adapting to New Realities in Trade
S2 E13: Breaking Down Internal Trade Barriers
S2 E12: COVID-19: Catalyst for Change in Canadian Health
S2 E11: Sustainable Finance with Andy Chisholm
S2 E10: The Future of Commercial and Industrial Real Estate under COVID-19
S2 E9: The Vape Debate with Ian Irvine
S2 E8: Monetary Anchors with Mark Zelmer and Jeremy Kronick
S2 E7: Business Impacts of the Pandemic and Restart with Glen Hodgson
S2 E6: Healthcare after COVID-19 with Janet Ecker
S2 E5: COVID-19 Emergency Response Package
S2 E4: Shadow Budget 2020
S2 E3: Austerity and the Economy
S2 E2: Inequality and Monetary Policy
S2 E1: New Urbanism with Dan Doctoroff
S1 E18: Mandate 2020
S1 E17: Rigged Housing Markets
S1 E16: Alberta's Fiscal Priorities
S1 E15: Challenges of AI in Canada
S1 E14: Canada's Coffers
S1 E13: Pre-Election, Pre-Recession
S1 E12: Bad Fits
S1 E11: Brexit and Canada
S1 E10: America First in New NAFTA Regime
S1 E9: Auto-Motives
S1 E8: Universal Pharmacare
S1 E7: Bill C69 with Grant Bishop
S1 E6: Canada's $150B Money Laundering Problem
S1 E5: Peter Bethlenfalvy on the Ontario Budget
S1 E4: What’s in a Federal Budget? The Post-Budget Edition
S1 E3: Pre-Budget Edition – No Rainy Day Funds
S1 E2: Developing Canadian Innovation – Featuring The Honourable Navdeep Bains
S1 E1: Millennials & Municipalities
Intelligence Chat - Low Vaccination Rates Posing Health Hazard on Adult Canadians
Intelligence Chat - Here's What to Expect from the NAFTA Negotiations
Intelligence Chat - House Rich, Big-Spending Canadians Taking Gamble
Intelligence Chat - Fence-Sitting Parents to Blame for Falling Vaccine Rates
Intelligence Chat - “Fourth Pillar” Assets Improve Retirement Outlook for Canadians
Intelligence Chat - A Blueprint for Getting Green Tech Right
Intelligence Chat - Modernizing Business Taxation
The Common Room - Canada’s Wins and Losses under the Trans-Pacific Partnership
The Common Room: Bank of Canada Should Prepare Now for the Next Financial Crisis