Canada must get serious about clean economy investments in upcoming budget
A new report recommends Canada make new climate investments of $287-billion over the next five years—equivalent to about two per cent of GDP annually.
Parliamentary Black Caucus pushes feds for permanent funding, initiatives beyond 2024 UN horizon
Following ‘months-long’ consultations with more than 40 Black-led organizations from across the country, PBC co-chairs say there is ‘a lot of work to do’ in addressing systemic inequalities faced by Black Canadians.
Tax and regulation combine to crush cannabis innovation and jobs
The illicit market is really the big winner when legal cannabis companies fall by the wayside with no pathway to profitability and no platform to offer innovative cannabis products to consumers.
This year’s budget speech should be different
We urgently need a sense of shared citizenship and a positive patriotism that takes pride in our country. Instead, we have a political environment that divides Canadians by engaging in identity politics.
The little-discussed threat to Canadians’ long-term prosperity
In the face of lagging business investment, there’s no guarantee the feds’ stock-buyback plan is going to be the answer.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
It’s clear that when talking health-care dollars and cents, investing in preventive measures like physical activity just makes sense.
What a new health-care funding deal means for Canada
While it’s clear we do need more money, that narrow focus has stopped our 13 health systems from seeing the bigger picture to stabilize and rebuild Canadian health care.
International development: more important than ever for the public and private sectors
The case for international development where the public and private sectors are working together to achieve the SDGs and commitments under the Paris Agreement has never been clearer.
Morneau says PMO consumed with short-term politicking, longer-term growth prospects not a priority
But the recent report on Canada’s fiscal outlook, quarterbacked by former Bank of Canada governor David Dodge, underlines the serious challenges we face. It assumes a potential growth rate of 1.8 per cent through the 2020s, too low to deliver the kind of country we want, writes David Crane.
Central bank’s ‘definitive’ language on pausing future rate hikes an ‘appropriate’ choice, say economists
The Bank of Canada’s projection that inflation will drop to around three per cent later this year sounds ‘pretty heroic,’ says economist Don Drummond, but the numbers indicate it’s possible.
