Reports and Papers

Our latest releases:

Decomposing Provincial-Canada Yield Spreads: Does Fiscal Discipline Matter?

(August 2018; No. 18007)

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National Pharmacare in Canada: Choosing a Path Forward

(July 2018; No. 18006)

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From Suds to Buds: Canadian Premiers Need to Make Internal Trade an Immediate Priority

(June 2018; No. 18005)

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Inspire Democracy: A Summary of Proceedings and Participant Consultations

(May 2018, revised from April 2018; No. 18004)

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Assessing the reasonableness of the estimates of the fiscal plan underlying the 2018 election platform of the Ontario New Democratic Party (Ontario NDP)

April 2018

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Ending Homelessness: A Summary of Proceedings

(March 2018; No. 18003)

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Budget Spending Blackbox: Building a Bottom-Up Federal Expense Forecast

(February 2018; No. 18002)

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Survey of First Nations Child Welfare Agencies across Canada: Budgets, Operations, and Outputs

(January 2018; No. 18001)

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Canada and the US: Sub-National Governments and Canadian Interests

(December 2017; No. 17017)

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Assessing the reasonableness of the estimates of the fiscal plan underlying the 2018 election platform of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario (Ontario PC)

November 2017

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Fiscal Sustainability Report 2017

(November 2017, revised from November 2017; No. 17016)

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Canada JOLTS: Shedding Light on Labour Market Flows in Canada

(October 2017, revised from September 2017; No. 17015)

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Canadian Economic Forecast: Canada's Economy Is Flying High but Growth Will Ultimately Migrate South

(September 2017; No. 17014)

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Federal Fiscal Forecast: In Forecasting as in Life, All Good Things Must Come to an End

(September 2017; No. 17013)

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Community Benefits Agreements: Empowering Communities to Maximize Returns on Public Infrastructure Investments

(July 2017; No. 17011)

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Infrastructure Investment and Planning

(May 2017; No. IIP-EN)

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Role of the Parliamentary Budget Officer: Recommendations to Amend the 2017 Budget Implementation Act

(April 2017; No. 17010)

Click here to read this report in English. The IFSD has compiled a reading list on independent fiscal institutions. Click here to consult it. An evaluation of IFIs can be read here.

CHT and the Federation

(April 2017; No. 17009)

Click here to read this report in English. Analyses of Ontario, Quebec (in English and in French), New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Manitoba, British Columbia, Prince Edward Island, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Newfoundland and Labrador are also available.

Forecasts: Canadian Fiscal and Economic Forecasts series

(March 2017; No. 17008; Vol. 3)

In this issue: Federal Fiscal Forecast: An Improved Outlook, but Deficits Persist for the Foreseeable Future

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Skills and Innovation: Where's the money?

(March 2017; No. 17007)

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To see the mapping chart in which a list of current program activities related to innovation and skills development and training is compiled, click here.

Forecasts: Canadian Fiscal and Economic Forecasts series

(February 2017; No. 17005; Vol. 2)

In this issue: Federal Fiscal Forecast: Things should get better before they get worse