Rural Canada: a national barometer and strategic economic imperative
The stakes are high. Seizing this moment requires vision—one that looks beyond electoral maps and embraces rural Canada as a cornerstone of our future economic prosperity.
Trade, housing, prosperity: none of it happens without construction
The truth is this: if the government wants to build the economy of the future, they need to partner—urgently and seriously—with the sector that physically builds it.
Official languages education sector disappearing thanks to our broken immigration system
Canada stands to lose more than revenue and jobs. We are losing a sector that strengthens our identity, boosts productivity, and fosters diverse communities.
To build a better housing market, stop taxing housing like cigarettes
The first thing governments need to do, collectively, is address the fact that housing is taxed at double the rate of the rest of the economy. Sin-taxing housing drives down the rate of homebuilding, just as cigarette taxes have driven down smoking rates.
Shooting ourselves in the foot: we can’t afford to misunderstand the temporary foreign worker program
Rather than imposing blanket refusals to process, and rigid caps on the number of foreign workers employers can hire, governments should work to build an immigration system that better meets the needs of local job markets.
It’s time we treat campus infrastructure as a nation-building project
Investments in universities are practical and high-impact investments that will create new jobs, deliver value for taxpayers and strengthen Canada’s competitiveness.
Employment and Social Development Canada forecasts thousands of job losses ahead of Carney’s spending review
ESDC is projecting 6,700 job cuts over the next three years. Those numbers were published before Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne tasked departments with finding 15 per cent in program savings.
What good is a social safety net that doesn’t catch you?
The government should rebuild the Canada Disability Benefit to uphold human rights.
Homebuilding is ready for its tech makeover
This can help our national housing crisis and scale Canada’s advanced manufacturing sector, positioning our technology firms to compete in global markets.
What to do about youth unemployment?
The scale of the problem requires more innovative policy solutions.
