Financial Sector, Investment & Banking Policy Briefing
Why we won’t have a recession
Employment is strong and all the major components of GDP except investment are increasing.
Trickle-down economics: the hoax that will not die
The trend toward lower taxes has tilted the economy in favour of the well-off and left average people struggling to get by on stagnant wages and diminished prospects.
Where is the sense of national ambition to seize and build on new opportunities today?
Four major Canadian-owned and headquartered corporations today all originated as Crown corporations. Our major electric power utilities are other examples of public policy pursuing major opportunities. But where are today’s examples?
Bank of Canada quietly signals long-term shift with potential for economic, political upheaval
The end of the low-interest-rate policy sets the stage for widespread household financial stress in 2025 and 2026, when the majority of mortgages are up for renewal.
Small inflation uptick not cause for economic ‘alarm,’ but Liberals ‘remain in trouble’ politically, say observers
Following the May 16 Consumer Price Index report from Statistics Canada, ‘the big story’ remains what Canadians are paying when they buy food or renew their mortgage, said pollster Greg Lyle.
We say Canada is open for business, but the reality is that our country is for sale
The Trudeau government is pushing for a branch-plant economy with key business decisions for our economic future made elsewhere, while the wealth generated from these activities in Canada flows out of the country.
Creating a sustainable future: Canadian colleges rising to Freeland’s challenge
If we don’t have the workers trained in necessary jobs in emerging sectors of the economy, Canada will be left behind.
Canada’s over-dependence on foreign investment is a problem
Ownership does matter. If so many of our corporate head offices are in other countries, then that’s where Canada’s economic future will be decided. We’ll be a branch-plant economy, creating future wealth for foreign corporations.
