Tag: economic policy

OTTAWA, ON (May 5, 2020) As Canada’s economy begins to feel the pressure from COVID-19, global economic downturn, and strict ...

Lockdown measures were the correct decision at the time, but to focus entirely on COVID-19 cases, the exclusion of the ...

The government should supply capital to typically profitable firms at market rates and restrict its usage to maintaining core operations, ...

Governments could try to raise taxes to climb out of their deficits, but doing so will only suck strength out ...

The experience of other nations confirms that just spending more on infrastructure without the over-riding goal of boosting productivity does ...

Countries with highly leveraged households, corporations and public sectors will face financial instability as credit spreads widen and currencies devalue, ...

MLI Munk senior fellow Philip Cross joined BNN Bloomberg to discuss why Canada's productivity and labour market will be curtailed ...

OTTAWA, ON (April 21, 2020): When we first entered into the COVID-19 downturn, many commentators predicted an initially steep drop ...

OTTAWA, ON (April 17, 2020): In March, Canada’s labour market suffered its most significant setback in history. The economic impacts ...

Canada’s productive capacity of capital and labour will be curtailed for years, as business investment slumps and immigration slows, writes ...

The focus should be on education, growth-enhancing public infrastructure, moving to balanced budgets, tax and regulatory reform, and better and ...

OTTAWA, ON (April 16, 2020): The COVID-19 pandemic will have a severe economic impact on Canada. However, given the current ...