Economy
- We are living through one of those periods in human history where change and the tensions from change can overwhelm. Coping with change—with creative destruction—can be hugely rewarding. But getting policy right is the challenge.
- We are living through one of those periods in human history where change and the tensions from change can overwhelm. Coping with change—with creative destruction—can be hugely rewarding. But getting policy right is the challenge.
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- More than a third (33.9 per cent) of all federal advocacy in 2025 was about economic development, setting a new record in annual lobbying.
- More than a third (33.9 per cent) of all federal advocacy in 2025 was about economic development, setting a new record in annual lobbying.
- More than a third (33.9 per cent) of all federal advocacy in 2025 was about economic development, setting a new record in annual lobbying.
- If an election were held today, the Liberals would capture 41 per cent of voters, while the Conservatives would take 39 per cent, according
- If an election were held today, the Liberals would capture 41 per cent of voters, while the Conservatives would take 39 per cent, according
- If an election were held today, the Liberals would capture 41 per cent of voters, while the Conservatives would take 39 per cent, according
- The federal government lacks a data-driven method for identifying how workers in legacy sectors can transition into clean-economy jobs and where the real gaps
- The federal government lacks a data-driven method for identifying how workers in legacy sectors can transition into clean-economy jobs and where the real gaps
- The federal government lacks a data-driven method for identifying how workers in legacy sectors can transition into clean-economy jobs and where the real gaps
- Canada is, by far, the U.S. auto industry’s largest export market and the cross-border value chains have worked well for all three countries. So
- Canada is, by far, the U.S. auto industry’s largest export market and the cross-border value chains have worked well for all three countries. So
- Canada is, by far, the U.S. auto industry’s largest export market and the cross-border value chains have worked well for all three countries. So
- Not only must our government better support women entrepreneurs and the organizations that champion them, but they must also ensure they have a meaningful
- Not only must our government better support women entrepreneurs and the organizations that champion them, but they must also ensure they have a meaningful
- Not only must our government better support women entrepreneurs and the organizations that champion them, but they must also ensure they have a meaningful
- The escalation of grocery prices and widespread supply chain challenges are both symptomatic of a food sector in desperate need of wholesale modernization.
- The escalation of grocery prices and widespread supply chain challenges are both symptomatic of a food sector in desperate need of wholesale modernization.
- The escalation of grocery prices and widespread supply chain challenges are both symptomatic of a food sector in desperate need of wholesale modernization.
- We are not developing the kind of industries—and hence the kind of jobs, productivity and wealth—we need to preserve, sustain and improve the kind
- We are not developing the kind of industries—and hence the kind of jobs, productivity and wealth—we need to preserve, sustain and improve the kind
- We are not developing the kind of industries—and hence the kind of jobs, productivity and wealth—we need to preserve, sustain and improve the kind
- We know that a decade of personal and corporate tax cuts under the Paul Martin and Stephen Harper governments failed to produce the hoped-for
- We know that a decade of personal and corporate tax cuts under the Paul Martin and Stephen Harper governments failed to produce the hoped-for
- We know that a decade of personal and corporate tax cuts under the Paul Martin and Stephen Harper governments failed to produce the hoped-for
- It’s not at all clear that the Trudeau Liberals are playing the same game as their opponents.
- It’s not at all clear that the Trudeau Liberals are playing the same game as their opponents.
- It’s not at all clear that the Trudeau Liberals are playing the same game as their opponents.
- The economy may have to be guided toward near-recessionary levels to compensate for the housing bubble’s outsized impact on Canadians’ cost of living.
- The economy may have to be guided toward near-recessionary levels to compensate for the housing bubble’s outsized impact on Canadians’ cost of living.
- The economy may have to be guided toward near-recessionary levels to compensate for the housing bubble’s outsized impact on Canadians’ cost of living.
- Governments have other options, like scrapping interprovincial trade barriers and allowing allowing foreign competition.
- Governments have other options, like scrapping interprovincial trade barriers and allowing allowing foreign competition.
- Governments have other options, like scrapping interprovincial trade barriers and allowing allowing foreign competition.
- Federal government spending, public service employment, and the national debt are soaring, but delivery of essential government services is sputtering, and the Bank of
- Federal government spending, public service employment, and the national debt are soaring, but delivery of essential government services is sputtering, and the Bank of
- Federal government spending, public service employment, and the national debt are soaring, but delivery of essential government services is sputtering, and the Bank of
- If we want to improve productivity in Canada, we should be investing in our own businesses and essential community infrastructures to support them.
- If we want to improve productivity in Canada, we should be investing in our own businesses and essential community infrastructures to support them.
- If we want to improve productivity in Canada, we should be investing in our own businesses and essential community infrastructures to support them.
- Governments across Canada can enact policies to help stimulate business investment, productivity gains, and stronger economic growth.
- Governments across Canada can enact policies to help stimulate business investment, productivity gains, and stronger economic growth.
- Governments across Canada can enact policies to help stimulate business investment, productivity gains, and stronger economic growth.
- Investing in government accountability is a prerequisite for democracy, not a side effect.
Opinion | BY SHEILA FRASER, MICHèLE GALIPEAU, MICHAEL PICKUP, DENISE HANRAHAM, CAROL BELLRINGER | April 11, 2024
Opinion | BY SHEILA FRASER, MICHèLE GALIPEAU, MICHAEL PICKUP, DENISE HANRAHAM, CAROL BELLRINGER | April 11, 2024
- Investing in government accountability is a prerequisite for democracy, not a side effect.
Opinion | BY SHEILA FRASER, MICHèLE GALIPEAU, MICHAEL PICKUP, DENISE HANRAHAM, CAROL BELLRINGER | April 11, 2024
- Investing in government accountability is a prerequisite for democracy, not a side effect.
- Conservatives have an opportunity to prepare the Canadian economy, labour market, and social policy framework for the radically different economic future that is rapidly
- Conservatives have an opportunity to prepare the Canadian economy, labour market, and social policy framework for the radically different economic future that is rapidly
- Conservatives have an opportunity to prepare the Canadian economy, labour market, and social policy framework for the radically different economic future that is rapidly
- Increasing the minimum wage, hiking pensions, and supporting the disabled may not be as politically sexy, but those decisions make Canadian lives better.
- Increasing the minimum wage, hiking pensions, and supporting the disabled may not be as politically sexy, but those decisions make Canadian lives better.
- Increasing the minimum wage, hiking pensions, and supporting the disabled may not be as politically sexy, but those decisions make Canadian lives better.