Tag: Philip Cross

Data show gig workers are far from being a permanent underclass struggling to join the mainstream labour force, writes Philip ...

While the economy is not now in recession, inevitably we will experience another slump, more likely sooner than later, writes ...

OTTAWA, ON (December 11, 2019): Unemployment is at record lows in Canada, which usually means wages are set to rise. ...

Unfortunately, taxing or even banning non-residents from buying homes hardly addresses the real reasons behind soaring house prices and in ...

Our comparative advantage results from necessity and synergies among successful industries, not academic fads or industrial policy framed in government ...

OTTAWA, ON (December 5, 2019): The most recent Macdonald-Laurier Institute Leading Economic Indicator (LEI) shows that Canada’s pattern of slow and ...

Alberta’s political leaders must make the political judgement as to whether withdrawing from some federal programs will pressure Ottawa to ...

Unable to admit its own inability to nominate capable leaders with broad appeal, the political class is circulating proposals to ...

OTTAWA, ON (November 12, 2019): Continuing its trajectory of modest economic gains, Canada’s economic outlook remains somewhat positive heading into ...

Ilias Bartolini / Flickr, Modified. Radical plans to transform our economy should be costed-out at the very start, not the ...

Despite unprecedented stimulus, Canada’s annual real GDP growth over the past four years has remained stuck in the range of ...

Our reliance on deficits to prop up spending while incomes stagnate has left us poorer economically and has weakened our ...