Canadians’ economic anxieties have ‘blown past’ pandemic concern benchmark, according to Proof Strategies CanTrust Index
Millennials scored highest in the economic anxiety category at 71 per cent, with boomers coming in at 64 per cent. Women are feeling stress and anxiety more acutely than men.
Canada needs its own productivity commission
We need to build a new economy where innovation and productivity make real increases in per capita well-being in income and wealth generation to address the demands of health care, achieving net-zero emissions, education, and more defence spending.
AI could lead to a future of better possibilities, if we play our cards right
Leading economist David Autor argues that AI, if managed properly, could rebuild the middle class by opening up more workers to all kinds of jobs that are currently the preserve of the professional elites, creating new kinds of jobs in the process. AI is just a tool, he says, and it is how we use it that matters.
ArriveCan accountability remains top question as federal spending watchdog says she found ‘disappointing failures’ everywhere she looked
Canadians will lose faith in institutions if there are no consequences, says Aaron Wudrick. But it should be bureaucrats—not ministers—who wear the procurement failings, according to former PSPC ADM Alan Williams.
Lowering the interest rate of instalment loans is the right thing to do
As a result of being trapped in a high-interest debt loan, people report going without basic necessities, lapsing on other bills, losing retirement savings, skipping important medical visits, and more.
Procurement ombud’s report reveals discrepancies in ArriveCan’s $54-million contract
Mandatory criteria used in ArriveCan application procurement were ‘overly restrictive’ and ‘favoured’ GC Strategies Inc. as an existing CBSA supplier, which led to the awarding of a $25-million contract to the company in the centre of misconduct allegations.
The World Economic Forum points to a grim 2034
It doesn’t have to be that way, but it will be unless we develop the institutions, capacities, and will for a different future. That is a political choice.
Why Canadian businesses lag behind their American peers
Canada is a wealthy country with top-performing companies in natural resources, manufacturing, and other industries, but its underperformance in innovation and exporting undermines Canada’s potential for higher sustainable growth.
Billionaire growth is out of control — and we’re paying the price
If we want to improve people’s lives, we may need to look at reversing half a century of regressive taxation and raise wages from the bottom up.
Liberals fail to provide leadership on green and digitalization transitions, opposition parties missing in action
What this paper from the three Innovation, Science and Economic Development analysts most importantly underlines is both the governmental failure to realistically acknowledge the big transitions we face, but also that, in the absence of a serious growth strategy going forward, we face a future of stagnation and the risk of a major brain and investment drain pursuit of greater opportunity elsewhere. That’s surely not what we want.
