Tag: economic policy

The Trudeau government seems to have little understanding that favouring households over businesses is short-sighted and ultimately futile: in the ...

Hiking taxes is the worst economic choice to achieve both growth and fiscal sustainability, writes Jack Mintz in the Financial ...

People would like to see public policies to support getting Canadians back to work and Canada's economic recovery, writes Jack ...

COVID-19 is leading to the further dismantling of global value chains, though its impact on the global financial system remains ...

Keeping businesses afloat in the short run merely postpones the stress on our financial system, government finances, and ultimately the ...

It will be a hollow victory to help individuals survive the first stage of the crisis, but then have their ...

With the head-thumping announcement that the federal deficit is predicted to be $343 billion in 2020-21, Canadians are wondering what ...

Canadians have a simple decision to make in the near future: will we support the oil and gas industry, or ...

OTTAWA, ON (July 13, 2020): Canada’s economy has continued its downward slide, with the Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s leading economic indicator dropping by ...

OTTAWA, ON (July 9, 2020): The existing models for epidemics, which were used to trigger lockdowns around the globe in ...

Those companies that conserved cash now look prescient, writes Philip Cross in the Financial Post. Below is an excerpt of ...

Why would an almost $1-billion-dollar program starting in July — halfway through students’ summers — even be considered, given how ...