Economic damage mounts from failure to fight anti-competitive business practices
Competition Commissioner Matthew Boswell’s latest report says the current state of the grocery business hurts consumers and does not drive companies to lower their prices.
‘Painful’ interest rate hikes are working, but nothing to ‘celebrate,’ as Liberals find political ‘cover’ but not ‘relief’: observers
A full-point drop in headline inflation puts the government on a ‘good trajectory,’ but the ‘last mile’ will be the ‘toughest,’ says former Liberal staffer Elliot Hughes.
Canada should be aspiring to be more than a branch-plant economy
If we want a more independent Canada, we have to build the talent, own the tech, and grow firms so wealth is created here and the critical decisions for our future are made by the people who live here with the biggest stake in what kind of country we can become.
Rewriting the Bank of Canada’s playbook as the post-COVID economy defies all expectations
It seems certain that the expectations of how people react to a tighter credit environment will have to be rethought.
Empowering Indigenous prosperity and reconciliation with economy
The federal government can empower Indigenous ingenuity by listening to Indigenous voices, providing access to affordable capital, and making necessary policy changes.
Canada better start playing the long game, now
We need an economic council of some of our best minds who can, with the future in mind, analyze policy issues, better frame public understanding of the issues, look at what currently works and doesn’t work, and outline policy directions for the future.
Canada’s not broken, but it can do much better
Canada needs to create an economic council that brings together our best minds in non-partisan work for a prosperous, sustainable, and equitable future. Canada is not broken, but we have to really improve.
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.
