Trudeau government should eliminate agents of corporate welfare
There’s no reason to believe the federal government can cause ‘economic growth’ through Canada’s seven regional development agencies.
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.
AG to publish ArriveCan report next month, House Public Accounts Committee hears
Deputy Auditor General Andrew Hayes told the House Public Accounts Committee that the report on the application will be released on Feb. 12, during a meeting that Liberal and NDP MPs criticized the timing of.
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.
OGGO takes centre stage as top committee arena for uncovering ‘scandals’ and ‘bombshells’
The House Government Operations and Estimates Committee’s work made headlines in 2023 for its scrutiny of government spending, including studies into the ArriveCAN app and McKinsey contracts.
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.
The Davos crystal ball: global risks in 2024 and beyond
As a recent World Economic Forum report observes, ‘The next decade will usher in a period of significant change, stretching our adaptive capacity to the limit.’
Canada needs to do more to scale-up our top young tech companies
Focusing only on recovery from the current economic slowdown is not the end game: that should be the creation of a new Canadian economy with a growing number of high-value domestic businesses that can flourish in the global economy.
Business groups sound alarm on fast-approaching CEBA’s loan payback deadline as feds look to soften potential blow
The Canada Emergency Business Account delivered more than $49-billion to nearly 900,000 small businesses and non-profits, but Canadian Chamber of Commerce president Perrin Beatty says ‘it would be tragic to have brought these businesses this far, and then to lose them 200 feet from shore.’
