C. D. Howe Institute

The C. D. Howe Institute's origins go back to Montreal in 1958, when a group of prominent business and labour leaders organized the Private Planning Association of Canada (PPAC) to research and promote educational activities on issues related to public economic policy. In 1973, the PPAC's assets and activities became part of the C. D. Howe Memorial Foundation, created in 1961 to memorialize the late Right Honourable Clarence Decatur Howe. The new organization operated as the C. D. Howe Research Institute until 1982, when the Memorial Foundation chose to focus directly on memorializing C. D. Howe; the institute then adopted its current name: the C. D. Howe Institute.{{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.cdhowe.org/history|publisher=C. D. Howe Institute}}

The institute's research has been cited by Liberal,{{cite web|title=41st PARLIAMENT, 2nd SESSION|url=http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Language=E&Mode=1&Parl=41&Ses=2&DocId=7861036|website=Parliament of Canada|publisher=Government of Canada|accessdate=12 May 2015}} New Democrat{{cite web|title=41st PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION|url=http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Language=E&Mode=1&Parl=41&Ses=2&DocId=7861036|website=Parliament of Canada|publisher=Government of Canada|accessdate=12 May 2015}} and Conservative{{cite web|title=41st PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION|url=http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Language=E&Mode=1&Parl=41&Ses=1&DocId=6023526|website=Parliament of Canada|publisher=Government of Canada}} members of parliament. The media has described the institute as a centrist,{{cite web|last1=Craig|first1=Sean|title='No Netflix tax', but the future of Cancon is up for debate, says heritage minister Melanie Joly|url=http://business.financialpost.com/news/no-netflix-tax-but-the-future-of-cancon-is-up-for-debate-says-heritage-minister-melanie-joly|website=Financial Post|publisher=Financial Post|accessdate=5 July 2016}} right-wing,{{Cite web|last=MacRae|first=Gavin|title=Whose Canada Infrastructure Bank?|url=https://watershedsentinel.ca/articles/whose-canada-infrastructure-bank/|access-date=2020-06-10|website=Watershed Sentinel}} conservative,{{cite book|last1=Thunert|first1=Martin|editor1-last=Schultze|editor1-first=Rainer-Olaf|editor2-last=Sturm|editor2-first=Roland|editor3-last=Eberle|editor3-first=Dagmar|title=Conservative Parties and Right-Wing Politics in North America: Reaping the Benefits of an Ideological Victory?|date=Feb 28, 2003|publisher=Springer-Verlag|isbn=3810038121|page=235|chapter=Conservative Think Tanks in the United States and Canada}}{{cite news|last1=Raj|first1=Althia|title=Bill Morneau, Chair Of C. D. Howe Institute, Steps Down After Partisan Speech To Liberals|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/02/24/bill-morneau-cd-howe-liberal-convention_n_4848558.html|accessdate=17 December 2014|work=The Huffington Post Canada|date=February 24, 2014}}{{cite web|last1=Stafford|first1=Brent|title=Think tanks in the news|url=https://www.sfu.ca/cmns/research/newswatch/monitor/issue1.html|publisher=NewsWatch Canada|accessdate=17 December 2014|date=April 1997}} non-partisan,{{cite news|title=Temporary Foreign Worker Program linked to joblessness: report|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/temporary-foreign-worker-program-linked-to-joblessness-report-1.2620551|website=CBC|publisher=CBC|accessdate=22 December 2014}}{{cite news|last1=Elliot|first1=Howard|title=Editorial | the Spectator's View: Evidence, ideology and alcohol sales |url=http://www.thespec.com/opinion-story/4768117-the-spectator-s-view-evidence-ideology-and-alcohol-sales/|website=The Hamilton Spectator|date=21 August 2014 |publisher=The Hamilton Spectator|accessdate=26 January 2015}}{{cite web|last1=Keller|first1=James|title=Foreign worker debate continues in B.C.|url=http://globalnews.ca/news/1409271/foreign-worker-debate-continues-in-b-c/|website=Global News|publisher=Canadian Press|accessdate=26 January 2015}}{{cite web|last1=Dehass|first1=Josh|title=Ever heard of these big student tax breaks?|url=http://www.macleans.ca/general/ever-heard-of-these-big-student-tax-breaks/|website=Maclean's|publisher=Maclean's|accessdate=26 January 2015}} think tank. The institute "is happy to publish papers on either side of the ideological line, provided there is data to back it up."{{cite web|last1=Gerson|first1=Jen|title=Your think-tank lineup card: Who are these groups that hold so much sway over policy?|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/your-think-tank-lineup-card-who-are-these-groups-that-hold-so-much-sway-over-policy/|website=National Post|publisher=National Post|accessdate=22 December 2014}} It has been described as having a "deep intellectual grounding to its public-policy approach".{{cite news|last1=Parkinson|first1=David|title=Steep learning curve ahead for Morneau|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/economic-insight/steep-learning-curve-ahead-for-morneau/article27102012/%3bjsessionid=RkFjW6fM2XX2P9yqNK1r47S0mxGxLNHSZl2nqL5cSJCcQ1y5szGR!171114092/?ts=151104143840&ord=1|website=Globe and Mail|publisher=Globe and Mail|accessdate=4 November 2015}}

The C. D. Howe Institute is a registered Canadian charity, and it accepts donations from individuals, private and public organizations, and charitable foundations.{{Cite web|last=C. D. Howe Institute|title=Our Funding|url=https://www.cdhowe.org/our-funding|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912001136/https://www.cdhowe.org/our-funding |archive-date=2015-09-12 }} In 2018, 34% of the institute's income was from academic, corporate and individual donations; 23% was from endowments and research grants; and 18% was income from attendee fees and sponsorships.

Since 2016, the Institute has received major gifts and grants from:{{cite web |last1=Gerson |first1=Jen |title=Your think-tank lineup card: Who are these groups that hold so much sway over policy? |url=https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/your-think-tank-lineup-card-who-are-these-groups-that-hold-so-much-sway-over-policy/ |website=National Post |publisher=National Post}}{{Cite web |last=C. D. Howe Institute |title=Annual Report 2019 |url=https://www.cdhowe.org/sites/default/files/attachments/annual_reports/pdf/2019%20AR_English.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608160431/https://www.cdhowe.org/sites/default/files/attachments/annual_reports/pdf/2019%20AR_English.pdf |archive-date=2020-06-08 |access-date=2021-06-08}}{{Cite web |last=MacKinnon |first=Hugh L. |last2=William |first2=William B.P. |title=Annual Report 2018 |url=https://www.cdhowe.org/sites/default/files/2022-04/2018%20AR_English_web_0.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221109192118/https://www.cdhowe.org/sites/default/files/2022-04/2018%20AR_English_web_0.pdf |archive-date=2022-11-09 |access-date=2022-11-10 |website=C.D. Howe Institute}}{{Cite web |last=MacKinnon |first=Hugh L. |last2=Robson |first2=William B.P. |title=Annual Report 2020 |url=https://www.cdhowe.org/sites/default/files/2020_AR_English_web_0.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221109192051/https://www.cdhowe.org/sites/default/files/2020_AR_English_web_0.pdf |archive-date=2022-11-09 |access-date=2022-11-10 |website=C.D. Howe Institute}}{{Cite web |last=MacKinnon |first=Hugh L. |last2=Robson |first2=Williiam B.P. |title=Annual Report 2021 |url=https://www.cdhowe.org/sites/default/files/2022-09/2021_AR_English_0525_0.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221109192132/https://www.cdhowe.org/sites/default/files/2022-09/2021_AR_English_0525_0.pdf |archive-date=2022-11-09 |access-date=2022-11-10 |website=C.D. Howe Institute}}{{Cite web |title=Annual Report 2016 |url=https://www.cdhowe.org/sites/default/files/2022-04/2016%20AR_English_web_0.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221109192123/https://www.cdhowe.org/sites/default/files/2022-04/2016%20AR_English_web_0.pdf |archive-date=2022-11-09 |access-date=2022-11-11 |website=C.D. Howe Institute}}

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• Abbott Laboratories
• Accenture
• Advocis
• Alberta Electric System Operator
• Amazon
• Amgen
• Bell Canada
• BIOTECanada
• Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
• Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
• Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association
• Canadian Natural Resources
• Council of Ontario Universities
• Donner Canadian Foundation
• Entertainment Software Association of Canada
• Forest Products Association of Canada
• General Dynamics
• Grant Thornton LLP
• Great-West Life Assurance Company
• Hydro One Networks
• ICICI Bank
• Imperial Oil
• Independent Electricity System Operator
• Insurance Bureau of Canada
• Johnson & Johnson
• Lotte and John Hecht Memorial Foundation
• Manulife
• Mastercard
• Mattamy Homes
• Max Bell Foundation
• OpenText
• Ontario Hospital Association
• Ontario Real Estate Association
• Pharmascience
• Power Corporation of Canada
• Public Health Agency of Canada
• Sun Life Financial
• Telus Health
• Thomson Reuters
• Toronto Metropolitan University Future Skills Centre
• Toronto Regional Real Estate Board
• W. Garfield Weston Foundation

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File:CD Howe wins Purvis Prize.jpgThe institute publishes over 60 research reports per year.{{cite web|title=C. D. Howe Institute 2013 Annual Report|url=http://www.cdhowe.org/pdf/2013_AR_English_web.pdf|website=www.cdhowe.org|accessdate=28 August 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903174801/http://www.cdhowe.org/pdf/2013_AR_English_web.pdf|archivedate=3 September 2014}} Major areas of policy research are:

• Business Cycle{{cite web|title=Business Cycle | url=https://www.cdhowe.org/research-main-categories/business-cycle|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912001214/https://www.cdhowe.org/research-main-categories/business-cycle |archive-date=2015-09-12 }}
• Demographics and Immigration{{cite web|title=Demographics and Immigration|url=https://www.cdhowe.org/research-main-categories/demographics-and-immigration}}
• Education, Skills and Labour Market{{cite web|title=Education, Skills and Labour Market|url=https://www.cdhowe.org/research-main-categories/education-skills-and-labour-market}}
• Energy and Natural Resources{{cite web|title=Energy and Natural Resources|url=https://www.cdhowe.org/research-main-categories/energy-and-natural-resources}}
• Financial Services and Regulation{{cite web|url=https://www.cdhowe.org/research-main-categories/financial-services-and-regulation|title=Financial Services and Regulation}}
• Fiscal and Tax Policy{{cite web|url=https://www.cdhowe.org/research-main-categories/fiscal-and-tax-policy|title=Fiscal and Tax Policy}}
• Health Policy{{cite web|url=https://www.cdhowe.org/research-main-categories/health-policy|title=Health Policy}}
• Industry Regulation and Competition Policy{{cite web|url=https://www.cdhowe.org/research-main-categories/industry-regulation-and-competition-policy|title=Industry Regulation and Competition Policy}}
• Innovation and Business Growth{{cite web|url=https://www.cdhowe.org/research-main-categories/innovation-and-business-growth|title=Innovation and Business Growth}}
• Monetary Policy{{cite web|title=Monetary Policy|url=https://www.cdhowe.org/research-main-categories/monetary-policy}}
• Public Governance and Accountability{{cite web|url=https://www.cdhowe.org/research-main-categories/public-governance-and-accountability|title=Public Governance and Accountability}}
• Public Investments and Infrastructure{{cite web|url=https://www.cdhowe.org/research-main-categories/public-investments-and-infrastructure|title=Public Investments and Infrastructure}}
• Retirement Saving and Income{{cite web|url=https://www.cdhowe.org/research-main-categories/retirement-saving-and-income|title=Retirement Saving and Income}}
• Trade and International Policy{{cite web|url=https://www.cdhowe.org/research-main-categories/trade-and-international-policy|title=Trade and International Policy}}

In March 2015, the institute published a review of provincial and Canadian vaccination policies funded through a $197,950 grant from the Public Health Agency of Canada's Immunization Partnership Fund.{{Cite web |last=Public Health Agency of Canada |date=2022-10-12 |title=Immunization Partnership Fund |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/immunization-vaccine-priorities/immunization-partnership-fund.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221104154209/https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/immunization-vaccine-priorities/immunization-partnership-fund.html |archive-date=2022-11-04 |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=Government of Canada}}{{Cite web |last=Busby |first=Colin |last2=Chesterly |first2=Nicholas |date=March 2015 |title=A Shot in the Arm: How to Improve Vaccination Policy in Canada |url=https://www.cdhowe.org/sites/default/files/attachments/research_papers/mixed/commentary_421.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221105005515/https://www.cdhowe.org/sites/default/files/attachments/research_papers/mixed/commentary_421.pdf |archive-date=2022-11-05 |access-date=2022-11-08 |website=C.D. Howe Institute}} A follow-up report focused on childhood immunisation was published in April 2017,{{Cite web |last=Busby |first=Colin |date=2018-04-26 |title=Not Just for Kids: How to Improve Adult Vaccination Uptake in Canada |url=https://www.cdhowe.org/public-policy-research/not-just-kids-how-improve-adult-vaccination-uptake-canada |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20221109045839/https://www.cdhowe.org/public-policy-research/not-just-kids-how-improve-adult-vaccination-uptake-canada |archive-date=2022-11-09 |access-date=2022-11-09 |website=C.D. Howe Institute}} and an adult report published in April 2018.{{Cite web |last=Busby |first=Colin |date=2017-04-27 |title=Not Just for Kids: How to Improve Adult Vaccination Uptake in Canada |url=https://www.cdhowe.org/public-policy-research/not-just-kids-how-improve-adult-vaccination-uptake-canada |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220302030009/https://www.cdhowe.org/public-policy-research/need-booster-how-improve-childhood-vaccination-coverage-canada |archive-date=2022-03-02 |access-date=2022-11-09 |website=C.D. Howe Institute}}{{Cite web |title=C.D Howe Institute |url=https://canvax.ca/cd-howe-institute |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221109192116/https://canvax.ca/cd-howe-institute |archive-date=2022-11-09 |access-date=2022-11-09 |website=CANVax}}

In December 2022, the institute published a review of Canada's COVID-19 vaccination campaign in regards to reduction in cases, hospitalizations and deaths.{{Cite web |last=Wyonch |first=Rosalie |last2=Zhang |first2=Tingting |date=December 2022 |editor-last=Benedict |editor-first=Michael |editor2-last=Fleming |editor2-first=James |editor3-last=Zhao |editor3-first=Yang |title=Damage Averted: Estimating the Effects of COVID-19 vaccines on Hospitalizations, Mortality and Costs in Canada |url=https://www.cdhowe.org/sites/default/files/2022-12/Commentary_634.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221217022622/https://www.cdhowe.org/sites/default/files/2022-12/Commentary_634.pdf |archive-date=2022-12-17 |access-date=2022-12-17 |website=C.D. Howe Institute}}

File:PM at cd howe.jpgThe institute hosts public policy roundtables and conferences featuring prominent political leaders (including current and former Prime Ministers), Canadian and international policymakers, academics, business leaders and public servants.{{cite web|title=Past Speakers and Events|url=http://www.cdhowe.org/?cat=189&search_type=and&order=default|website=www.cdhowe.org|publisher=C. D. Howe Institute|accessdate=28 August 2014}} Over 80 events are held each year.

Authors of six C. D. Howe Institute publications have won the Doug Purvis Memorial Prize, which is awarded annually by the Canadian Economics Association{{cite web|title=About CEA|url=http://economics.ca/en/information.php|website=Canadian Economics Association|accessdate=22 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021194756/http://economics.ca/en/information.php|archive-date=21 October 2016|url-status=dead}} to the authors of a highly significant written contribution to Canadian economic policy. (The prize was conferred on Institute contributors in 1994, 1995, 2002, 2010, 2012, and 2015.){{Cite web|last=Canadian Economics Association|date=|title=Doug Purvis Memorial Prize|url=https://www.economics.ca/cpages/doug-purvis-memorial-prize|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216132731/https://www.economics.ca/cpages/doug-purvis-memorial-prize |archive-date=2019-12-16 |access-date=2021-02-02|website=}} A C. D. Howe Institute title received the Donner Prize in 2004 (Institute publications were runners-up in 2001, 2005, and 2011),{{cite web|title=Past Winners|url=http://www.donnerbookprize.com/s/about-the-prize/past-winners/2012/index.html|website=The Donner Prize|access-date=2014-08-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140916230250/http://donnerbookprize.com/s/about-the-prize/past-winners/2012/index.html|archive-date=2014-09-16|url-status=dead}} which is awarded annually by the Donner Canadian Foundation for the best public policy book by a Canadian.{{cite web|title=The Donner Prize|url=http://www.donnerbookprize.com/|accessdate=28 August 2014}}

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• [http://www.cdhowe.org/ The C. D. Howe Institute]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20070627043632/http://www.policy.ca/policy-directory/Detailed/C.D.-Howe-Institute-275.html Policy.ca Profile: C. D. Howe Institute]
• [https://apps.cra-arc.gc.ca/ebci/haip/srch/sec/SrchLogin-e?login=true Canada Revenue Agency registered charity information database: C. D. Howe Institute]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
• [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/cd-howe-institute/ The Canadian Encyclopedia]

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