Worse than a Recession, Canada’s Economy is headed toward Freefall: MLI’s Leading Economic Indicator
OTTAWA, ON (May 5, 2020) As Canada’s economy begins to feel the pressure from COVID-19, global economic downturn, and strict ...
Tag: economic policy
It’s time to start out-thinking the virus: Brian Ferguson for Inside Policy
Lockdown measures were the correct decision at the time, but to focus entirely on COVID-19 cases, the exclusion of the ...
A Framework for Government Financial Assistance in an Economic Crisis: Jerome Gessaroli for Inside Policy
The government should supply capital to typically profitable firms at market rates and restrict its usage to maintaining core operations, ...
Raising tax rates to pay new debts may not work: Jack Mintz in the Financial Post
Governments could try to raise taxes to climb out of their deficits, but doing so will only suck strength out ...
Infrastructure programs rarely stimulate growth: Philip Cross in the Hill Times
The experience of other nations confirms that just spending more on infrastructure without the over-riding goal of boosting productivity does ...
All this debt won’t be painless: Jack Mintz in the Financial Post
Countries with highly leveraged households, corporations and public sectors will face financial instability as credit spreads widen and currencies devalue, ...
Canada’s productivity and growth will be curtailed ‘for years to come’: Philip Cross on BNN Bloomberg
MLI Munk senior fellow Philip Cross joined BNN Bloomberg to discuss why Canada's productivity and labour market will be curtailed ...
To Avoid Catastrophe, Our Leaders Need to Make Hard Choices Based on What We Know Now: MLI Report by Brian Ferguson
OTTAWA, ON (April 21, 2020): When we first entered into the COVID-19 downturn, many commentators predicted an initially steep drop ...
Impact of COVID-19 Policies on Jobs More Terrible than Forecast, Bound to Get Worse: MLI Labour Market Report
OTTAWA, ON (April 17, 2020): In March, Canada’s labour market suffered its most significant setback in history. The economic impacts ...
Economy, meet cliff: Philip Cross in the Financial Post
Canada’s productive capacity of capital and labour will be curtailed for years, as business investment slumps and immigration slows, writes ...
Grow to get over our new debt mountain: Jack Mintz in the Financial Post
The focus should be on education, growth-enhancing public infrastructure, moving to balanced budgets, tax and regulatory reform, and better and ...
How Equalization Failed Alberta in its Time of Need and How to Fix It: New Joint MLI-IIGR report by Thomas and Teresa Courchene
OTTAWA, ON (April 16, 2020): The COVID-19 pandemic will have a severe economic impact on Canada. However, given the current ...
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Urban Violent Crime Report, Volume 2: Comparing crime across Canadian cities
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Activist judges are eroding Canada’s democracy by abusing the Charter: Peter Copeland and Mark Mancini in the National Post
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Beijing’s blueprint for breaking Canada-U.S. unity: Stephen Nagy for Inside Policy
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Should Canada cap oil and gas emissions?: Heather Exner-Pirot in Alberta Views
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Risking public backlash? Canadian universities and demographic-based faculty hiring
