The federal government's role in mortgage markets is pervasive and should be scaled back, while encouraging more competition in the mortgage insurance business, according to this study. The author notes that the mortgage insurance book of Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, CMHC, which is a...

Policymakers should not overreact to perceptions of corporate ‘dead money', according to a new C.D. Howe Institute report. In “It's Alive! Corporate Cash and Business Investment,” author Finn Poschmann points out that corporate cash holdings, as a share of output, have not grown since 2010...