CANCEA in the Media
CANCEA’s research, insights, and leadership have been widely recognized across Canada’s leading media outlets, industry publications, and policy forums. From national newspapers and broadcast networks to sector-specific journals and conferences, our rigorous analyses continue to inform public dialogue and support evidence-based decision-making on critical issues — including housing affordability, infrastructure, congestion, economic resilience, public health, and basic income. Below is a selection of stories and reports that highlight how CANCEA’s expertise and data-driven modelling have contributed to shaping discussions and advancing understanding across sectors.
- Ontario Taking Next Step to Widen Highway 400 in Barrie – Government of Ontario, July 2025
- Ontario Taking Next Step to Widen Highway 400 in Barrie – Government of Ontario, July 2025
- Why Are Immigrants From Tropical Countries Coming to This Arctic Outpost? – Reason Magazine, Summer 2025 Issue
- Work starts to expand Highway 400 Barrie to 10 lanes - Bay Today, July 2025
- Highway 401 overpasses being replaced in Oshawa, Ontario - INsauga, July 2025
- Ontario Taking Next Step to Widen Highway 401 in Oshawa – Government of Ontario, July 2025
- Ontario replacing Oshawa overpasses to prepare for Hwy. 401 widening - Brighton Today, July 2025
- Work starts to expand Highway 400 Barrie to 10 lanes - North Bay News - BayToday.ca, July 2025
- Will Mark Carney’s middle-class tax cut impact Canadians’ finances? Experts say probably not – Now Toronto, July 2025
- BCI earns $21.9 billion as fixed income and private equity drive gains – Benefits and Pensions Monitor, June 2025
- Does Canada have UBI? Everything you need to know about the country's basic income programs. – Business Insider, June 2025
- Toronto-area middle-income households getting squeezed out: report - CTV News, June 2025
- ‘Invisible poor’: Middle-income households making up to $125K annually getting squeezed out of the GTHA: report – CTV News, June 2025
- Bill to fast-track major projects could boost GDP, but raises environmental concerns – The Hill Times, June 2025
- Calls for tax breaks for seniors looking to downsize their home – CTV News, June 2025
- RESCON: At last, some glimmers of hope – Toronto Sun, June 2025
- Bank warns of bidding war with GST cut for new homebuyers – REBEL News, June 2025
- GST cut for new homebuyers could mean price hikes, bank warns – National Post, June 2025
- Extend GST housing rebate to seniors who want to downsize, report recommends – National Post, June 2025
- Seniors face tax barriers to downsizing, report finds – Canadian Mortgage Professional, June 2025
- This Ontario company wants to help your car talk to the nearest traffic light – The Logic, June 2025
- Council approves new plan to ease Toronto congestion, create 'traffic czar' – CBC News, April 2025
- Could Tech Transform Public Transit Use To Lower Congestion In Canada? – Forbes, April 2025
- Gardiner work months ahead of schedule – Link 2 Build, April 2025
- Ontario red lights Hwy. 401 shoulder use to ease gridlock. What would you do to improve traffic? – Simcoe.com, April 2025
- Gardiner Expressway Construction Months Ahead of Schedule – Government of Ontario, April 2025
- Gardiner Expressway Construction Months Ahead of Schedule – Michael Parsa, MPP (Aurora-Oak Ridges-Richmond Hill), April 2025
- Gardiner Expressway Construction Months Ahead of Schedule – Paul Calandra, MPP (Markham-Stouffville), April 2025
- Gardiner Expressway Construction Months Ahead of Schedule- Dawn Gallagher Murphy, MPP (Newmarket-Aurora), April 2025
- Gardiner Expressway Construction Months Ahead of Schedule- Raymond Cho, MPP (Scarborough North), April 2025
- 2025 Ontario Budget – Chapter 1B, Government of Ontario, March 2025
- The Cost of Congestion & The Rise of Transit Mega Projects – Toronto Region Board of Trade, March 2025
- Breaking Gridlock: Congestion Action Plan for Toronto – Toronto Region Board of Trade, February 2025
- Canada at a Crossroads – Volume 2: Baby Steps, How to reverse Canada’s falling fertility rates – Macdonald-Laurier Institute, March 2025
- Can Toronto fix its gridlock issues? The Toronto Region Board of Trade has an action plan that says ‘yes’ – CP24, February 2025
- NHL’s Carolina Hurricanes had to walk to Scotiabank Arena after being stuck in a ‘Toronto traffic jam’ – CP24, February 2025
- Ontario Completes Widening of Highways 400 and 404 - Government of Ontario, January 2025
- Ontario Completes Widening of Highways 400 and 404 – Dawn Gallagher Murphy, MPP (Newmarket-Aurora), January 2025
- Ontario Completes Widening of Highways 400 and 404 – Raymond Cho, MPP (Scarborough North), January 2025
- Ontario Completes Widening of Highways 400 and 404 – Andrea Khanjin, MPP (Barrie-Innisfil), January 2025
- Ontario Taking Bike Lanes Off Toronto’s Busiest Streets - Government of Ontario, January 2025
- Ontario Taking Bike Lanes Off Toronto’s Busiest Streets – Dawn Gallagher Murphy, MPP (Newmarket-Aurora), January 2025
- Ontario Taking Bike Lanes Off Toronto’s Busiest Streets – Raymond Cho, MPP (Scarborough North), January 2025
- Ontario Taking Bike Lanes Off Toronto’s Busiest Streets – Michael Parsa, MPP (Aurora-Oak Ridges-Richmond Hill), January 2025
- Ontario Reaches Major Milestone on Bradford Bypass Construction - Government of Ontario, January 2025
- Ontario Supports Clean Energy Storage Project in Meaford - Ministry of Energy Ontario, January 2025
- Could motorists be asked to pay a fee to drive into downtown Toronto? – CityNews, January 2025
- Congestion already costs Toronto drivers time and money. Here's how tolls could help – CBC News, January 2025
- As gridlock grinds Toronto to a halt, here's what the city could learn from Seattle's traffic cameras – CBC News, January 2025
- Another study hits Toronto over traffic woes – CityNews, January 2025
- Should Toronto revisit the idea of tolls on its roadways to ease congestion? – CityNews, January 2025
- Manhattan has seen almost 50,000 fewer cars per day thanks to a congestion charge. Should Toronto consider it? – CTV News, January 2025
- Manhattan has implemented a congestion toll. Should Toronto think about it too? – CP24, January 2025
- The case for congestion pricing in Canada – Canada’s National Observer, January 2025
- Here's how bad Toronto traffic is expected to get by 2044 – blogTO, January 2025
- Canada Child Benefit (CCB) – The Canadian Encyclopedia, January 2025
- Commuting Costs Families More than Housing as Affordable Homes Drive Occupants Out of Town – The Energy Mix, January 2025
- Province Fighting Gridlock in North Toronto – Stan Cho, MPP (Willowdale), January 2025
- Support for Families and Kids Fact Sheet – Children’s Healthcare Canada, 2025
- Highway 413 Preliminary Design 90 Per Cent Complete - Government of Ontario, December 2024
- Ontario Advancing Work on Bradford Bypass - Government of Ontario, December 2024
- Ontario Advancing Work on Bradford Bypass – Andrea Khanjin, MPP (Barrie-Innisfil), December 2024
- Ontario Advancing Work on Bradford Bypass – Billy Pang, MPP (Markham-Unionville), December 2024
- Ontario Advancing Work on Bradford Bypass – David Smith, MPP (Scarborough Centre), December 2024
- Ontario Advancing Work on Bradford Bypass – Raymond Cho, MPP (Scarborough North), December 2024
- Oakville North-Burlington Newsletter December 20, 2024 – Effie Triantafilopoulos, MPP (Oakville North-Burlington)
- Traffic Congestion Costing GTHA $45/Y: Study - Residential and Civil Construction Alliance of Ontario, December 2024
- Traffic congestion costing Ontario’s economy $12.8 billion in 2024 – Residential and Civil Construction Alliance of Ontario, December 2024
- Traffic Congestion Costing GTHA $45/Y: Study – Ontario Trucking Association, December 2024
- Report: Congestion Threatens Economic Stability and Quality of Life – Residential and Civil Construction Alliance of Ontario (RCCAO) and Ontario Road Builders’ Association (ORBA), December 2024
- Congestion threatening economic stability and quality of life – On-Site Magazine, December 2024
- Neil Sharma: Blame Bureaucrats for taxes that comprise 35.6% of the price of a new home in Ontario – National Post, December 2024
- A ‘traffic crisis’: Economic, social impact of congestion cost Ontario more than $50B in 2024, study finds – CP24, December 2024
- A 'traffic crisis': Economic, social impact of congestion cost Ontario more than $50B in 2024, study finds – CTV News, December 2024 (syndicated)
- Study puts cost of GTHA congestion at more than $44B – Global News, December 2024
- Studies find commuting could be a highway to poor health – CTV News, December 2024
- Ontario’s congestion costs $56B annually, could grow 60% by 2045: Study - Toronto Sun, December 2024
- La congestion pourrait priver l’Ontario d’un demi-million d’emplois d’ici 2044 – CBC News, December 2024
- Ontario takes next step in Bradford Bypass construction with tree clearing contract – Ontario Construction News, December 2024
- Traffic congestion costing Ontario’s economy $12.8 billion in 2024 – Ontario Construction News, December 2024
- Ontario traffic congestion threatens economic stability: report – Rock to Road, December 2024
- The climbing – and hidden – costs of congestion – Truck News, December 2024
- Congestion costs Ontario $56B annually, report finds – Link 2 Build Ontario, December 2024
- GTHA traffic gridlock leads to $44.7B per year in lost productivity: Report – Angela Gismondi, Daily Commercial News, December 2024
- Report: Congestion Threatens Economic Stability and Quality of Life – The Canadian Business Journal, December 2024
- Tree clearing work awarded for Bradford Bypass project – SiteNews, December 2024
- Chop, chop: Tree clearing on Bradford Bypass stretch now underway – OrilliaMatters.com, December 2024
- Des milliards seront perdus à cause la congestion - Radio-Canada, December 2024
- Report: Congestion Threatens Economic Stability and Quality of Life – GlobeNewswire, December 2024
- Toronto commuters will waste 1 year, 7 months of their life on transit: report – Now Toronto, December 2024
- Neil Sharma: Greedy municipalities bleeding young Ontario homebuyers dry – National Post, October 2024
- Lack Of Affordable Housing Is Undermining The Social Fabric Of Society – Storeys, April 2024
- Examining the Social Impact of Housing Unaffordability – Toronto Regional Real Estate Board, April 2024
- Combined Internal Audit and Evaluation of the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program (ICIP) - Government of Canada, April 2024
- Understanding OMERS’ contribution to Ontario’s economy – Benefits and Pensions Monitor, February 2024
- OMERS pension benefits accounted for 9.3% of Ontario retirement income in 2023: report – Benefits Canada, February 2024
- Unlocking the benefits of carbon capture and storage for Ontario’s sustainable energy future – The Globe and Mail, November 2023
- How to fix the housing crisis? Experts, mayors bring ideas to annual Ontario summit – CBC News, October 2023
- Canada will have 1.45M new homebuyers by 2025. Where will they live? – Canadian Real Estate Magazine, March 2023
- Harnessing the Power of Digital Twins Will Give Ontario a Leg Up on Housing – Storeys, February 2023
- Combined Internal Audit and Evaluation of the Public Private Partnership Canada Fund (P3CF) – Government of Canada, December 2022
- P3 Canada Fund Audit Report - Infrastructure Canada, December 2022
- Protecting Canada’s Pension System Post-Pandemic – The Association of Canadian Pension Management, October 2022
- Generating Social Value and Supporting Economic Contribution – OMERS, February 2022
- Canadian public sector pension plans contribute $82BN to economy: report – Benefits Canada, November 2021
- LETTER: Pandemic shines spotlight on economic struggles faced by many Canadians – Barrie Today, March 2021
- Immigration and our local economies: Community Profiles - Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, 2021
- Economic profile: Calgary (CMA), Alberta – Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, 2021
- Economic profile: Claresholm, Alberta – Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, 2021
- Economic profile: Edmonton (CMA), Alberta– Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, 2021
- Economic profile: Medicine Hat (CA), Alberta– Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, 2021
- Economic profile: Prince George (CA), British Columbia– Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, 2021
- Economic profile: Squamish (CA), British Columbia– Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, 2021
- Economic profile: Vernon (CA), British Columbia – Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, 2021
- Economic profile: Victoria (CMA), British Columbia – Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, 2021
- Immigration and our local economies: Community Profiles - Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, 2021
- Economic profile: West Kootenay, British Columbia – Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, 2021
- Economic profile: Williams Lake (CA), British Columbia– Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, 2021
- Economic profile: Altona-Rhineland, Manitoba– Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, 2021
- Economic profile: Brandon (CA), Manitoba– Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, 2021
- Economic profile: Morden, Manitoba– Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, 2021
- Economic profile: Seine River region, Manitoba– Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, 2021
- Economic profile: Winnipeg (CMA), Manitoba – Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, 2021
- Economic profile: Edmundston (CA), New Brunswick– Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, 2021
- Economic profile: Madawaska County, New Brunswick– Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, 2021
- Economic profile: Corner Brook (CA), Newfoundland and Labrador– Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, 2021
- Economic profile: Labrador City-Wabush, Newfoundland and Labrador– Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, 2021
- Economic profile: St. John’s (CMA), Newfoundland and Labrador– Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, 2021
- Economic profile: Yellowknife, Northwest Territories– Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, 2021
- Economic profile: Cape Breton (CA), Nova Scotia – Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, 2021
- Economic profile: Clare, Nova Scotia– Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, 2021
- Economic profile: Halifax (CMA), Nova Scotia – Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, 2021
- Economic profile: Iqaluit, Nunavut – Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, 2021
- Economic profile: Brockville (CA), Ontario– Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, 2021
- Economic profile: Hamilton (CMA), Ontario – Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, 2021
- Economic profile: Hawkesbury, Ontario – Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, 2021
- Economic profile: Kingston (CMA), Ontario– Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, 2021
- Economic profile: North Bay (CA), Ontario– Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, 2021
- Economic profile: Peterborough (CMA), Ontario– Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, 2021
- Economic profile: Sault Ste. Marie (CA), Ontario– Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, 2021
- Economic profile: Sudbury (CMA), Ontario– Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, 2021
- Economic profile: Thunder Bay (CA), Ontario – Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, 2021
- Economic profile: Timmins, Ontario – Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, 2021
- Economic profile: Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo (CMA), Ontario – Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, 2021
- Economic profile: Windsor (CMA), Ontario – Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, 2021
- Economic profile: Charlottetown (CA), Prince Edward Island– Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, 2021
- Economic profile: Évangéline Region, Prince Edward Island– Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, 2021
- Economic profile: Moose Jaw (CA), Saskatchewan– Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, 2021
- Economic profile: Prince Albert (CA), Saskatchewan– Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, 2021
- Economic profile: Regina (CMA), Saskatchewan– Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, 2021
- Economic profile: Whitehorse (CA), Yukon – Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, 2021
- Basic income hailed as key in kickstarting the economy in a post-pandemic Canada – Toronto Star, December 2020
- Potential Economic Impacts and Reach of Basic Income Programs in Canada: Report Highlights – Niagara Knowledge Exchange, December 2020
- Paul Smetanin, President & CEO of the Canadian Centre for Economic Analysis gives opening remarks about a report showing Basic Income... (YouTube / UBI Works) - December 2020
- Basic Income could accelerate Canada’s economic recovery | with Paul Smetanin, CANCEA - BNN Bloomberg, December 2020
- Basic Income Could Add $80 Billion a Year to Canada’s Economy, Create Up to 600,000 Jobs: Report – HuffPost Canada, December 2020
- Studies suggest Toronto’s rental shortage will skyrocket – The Globe and Mail, September 2020
- BI - Canada & the World – Ontario Basic Income Network, July 2020
- Potential Economic Impacts and Reach of Basic Income Programs in Canada – The Homeless Hub, 2020
- Business Prosperity Index – Ontario Chamber of Commerce, 2019
- Fort Erie Housing Needs Study – Fort Erie, October 2019
- Economic Analysis of Child Benefit Bolsters Case for National Basic Income – Toronto Star, September 2019
- World Patient Safety Day designated by the WHO – Hospital News, August 2019
- CANCEA releases report on the economic impacts of 407 ETR – 407 ETR Newsroom, July 2019
- Why Surety Bonds Need to be Integral in Nova Scotia’s New Lien Legislation – Bill 119 Submission by the Surety Association of Canada, April 2019
- Toronto Housing Market Analysis: From Insight to Action – Canadian Urban Institute, January 2019
- Toronto region risks deficit of 165,000 new homes by 2041: Report – Business Insider, December 2018
- Keeping the Pickering nuclear plant open until 2024 is good for economy – Toronto Star, April 2018
- 185,000 Ontario Jobs at Risk from Bill 148: Independent Economic Impact Analysis – Chatham-Kent Chamber of Commerce, August 2018
- Media Release: Extending Minimum Wage Implementation Will Slash Job Loss Risk by 74%: Economic Analysis – Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce, September 2017
- Keep Ontario Working: Final, Peer-reviewed CANCEA Economic Analysis – Quite West Chamber of Commerce, September 2017
- Too much, too fast, too soon? Minimum wage hike under debate as amendment deadline draws near – CBC News, August 2017
- Toronto has lots of houses and towers, but not enough in between – The Globe and Mail, August 2017
- 185,000 jobs ‘at risk’ from minimum wage hike – HRD Canada, August 2017
- Study claims Bill 148 puts 185,000 Ontario jobs at risk – Orangeville Citizen, August 2017
- Toronto area housing market has a 'missing middle,' new report says – CBC News, May 2017
- 70 per cent of people living in Ontario have homes that are too big or too small for their household – Financial Post, May 2017
- Canada's 'us and them cities': data shows most homes are too small – or too big – The Guardian, May 2017
- THE ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING IN ONTARIO – The Centre for Spatial Economics, March 2017
- GO expansion could boost GTA property values – Shavin Patel (Toronto Star) – January 2017
- Ontario Infrastructure investment ‘well below’ optimum: CANCEA – Daily Commercial News, February 2016
- CANCEA reports public infrastructure investment will be massive – Construction Canada, November 2015
- Investments to TCHC linked to social and economic prosperity: study – Global News, March 2015
- Chief Public Health Officer Report 2014
- Canada’s Response to the 2009 H1N1 Influenza Pandemic - (Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology, 40th Parliament, 3rd Session, December 2010. Paul Smetanin, expert testimonial)
- Underinvestment in infrastructure costs workers, firms: report – Daily Commercial News, July 2010
- Costs to soar as aging Canadians face rising tide of dementia – The Globe and Mail, January 2010
- Media Release – Ontario Road Builders’ Association
- Torontonians Spend Nearly Two Years of Their Life on Public Transit: Report – Goodland Equity Partners
- Economic benefits of Canadian public sector pension plans – Canadian Public Pension Leadership Council
- Canadian Index of Wellbeing – University of Waterloo
- How Will GLBI Affect the Economy? – Leah Gazan, MP (Winnipeg Centre)
- Canadian CEOs for Basic Income — Join us as a signatory (UBI Works)
- Highway 407 plays a role in alleviating congestion in GTA – 407 ETR
- Basic Income can grow BC’s economy $16B/year – UBI Works
- Basic Income can grow Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba economies – UBI Works
- Basic Income can grow Ontario’s economy $40B/year – UBI Works
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