A guaranteed basic income will be too expensive and bad for economic recovery: Jack Mintz for Inside Policy
As we begin to recover from this pandemic, the last form of intervention we need is to discourage people from ...
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The new wealth after this pandemic — space, safety and security: Jack Mintz in the Financial Post
Here are some of the ways this health and economic crisis will transform society, writes Jack Mintz in the Financial ...
Leveraging the Next Generation & Our Diversity for Canadian Prosperity: Barinder S. Bhullar for Inside Policy
There are young, smart, and talented individuals who are ready and able to usher in a new wave of Canadian ...
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 ...
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, ...
Don’t mess with the internet — especially at a time when we need it more than ever: Peter Menzies in the Financial Post
Policy-makers need to pause, breathe deeply, think wisely and make sure Canada’s first priority is a strong and unfettered internet, ...
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 ...
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Off Target: Evaluating post-2019 changes to Canada’s gun control laws
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Carney demands Supreme Court strip provinces of right to pass their own laws: Ted Morton in the National Post
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Blackout: Canada’s impending electricity crisis and how to fix it
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More hammers, fewer homes: Why a construction labour surge isn’t ending Canada’s housing crisis
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Who counts as Canadian? The Charter case reshaping Canadian citizenship: Randolph Hahn for Inside Policy
