Principles for getting Canada back to work and prosperity: New MLI paper by Mintz, Coates, Cross and Savoie
OTTAWA, ON (May 22, 2020): The COVID-19 crisis and subsequent lockdown have left Canadians facing a dark and uncertain economic ...
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If Canada is sending China the bill for COVID-19, it could be $2.4-trillion: Philip Cross for Inside Policy
There is a good deal of evidence that China’s misinformation and mishandling of the initial outbreak in Wuhan contributed to ...
Guaranteed income is a bad idea. Introducing it during a crisis would be even worse: Philip Cross in The Financial Post
Canadians’ vulnerability in the pandemic is being used a trojan horse to try to smuggle in a minimum income for ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
A modest proposal on public service pay to help tackle the ballooning deficit: Philip Cross in the Financial Post
A permanent 20% reduction of public service pay seems warranted. Either that or the doubling of pension plan contributions, writes ...
We need to be thinking about the long-term economic recovery now: Philip Cross’s Testimony to the Federal Finance Committee
The imperatives of dealing with the current COVID-19 crisis cannot totally blind us to their long-term effects. It is not ...
Canada’s economy is staring down its greatest challenge yet: MLI’s Leading Economic Indicator
OTTAWA, ON (April 3, 2020): Canada’s economic trendline has continued its deceleration according to the latest update of the Macdonald-Laurier ...
Trudeau should take Trump’s lead and rally the private sector to help fight COVID-19: Philip Cross in the Financial Post
Only capitalism can react with the speed and creativity to defeat the virus, writes Philip Cross in the financial post. ...
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Canada can’t have fast population growth, housing supply constraints, and housing affordability: Steve Lafleur and Josef Filipowicz for Inside Policy
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Trudeau-Legault immigration meeting shows federation at its cynical worst: Michael Barutciski
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Richard Fadden on dealing with foreign interference in Canada: Inside Policy
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When peaceful protests cross the line into criminal conduct: Andrew Roman for Inside Policy
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Canada’s shameful betrayal of our Afghan partners goes beyond Sajjan’s specific actions: Richard Shimooka in the Hub
