Reading Time: 4 minutes Instead of picking winners and losers, federal and provincial governments should step back and let markets work
Author: Fergus Hodgson
Fergus Hodgson is the director of Econ Americas and publisher of the Impunity Observer. He has an MBA in finance from Rice University, a BA in economics from Boston University, and a BA in political science from the University of Waikato.
Pandemic gives government perfect excuse to monitor us
Reading Time: 4 minutes Fear often trumps any proportionality or civil-liberties concern. After the virus passes, surveillance tools will remain
How Canada can face down Chinese tyranny
Reading Time: 4 minutes China is trying to bend Canadian culture to its will. This will only get worse as Chinese economic clout grows in Canada
Canadian capital markets thrive without national regulator
Reading Time: 4 minutes Centralization undermines bottom-up co-ordination already underway between the provinces and territories
Internal trade barriers cripple Canada
Reading Time: 4 minutes The good news is the Constitution guarantees free trade among provinces. But do federal officials have the political will?
Canada missing out on shale revolution
Reading Time: 4 minutes Shale-gas policy changes, followed by investments across the country, would turn Canada into an international leader in the transition towards clean energy
Canada’s higher education system is in disarray
Reading Time: 4 minutes Mounting student debt and irrelevant fields of study have left us with a frustrated and unproductive young population
Alberta’s repeal of carbon tax makes economic, environmental sense
Reading Time: 4 minutes Over the course of a single year, the carbon tax cost each Albertan $286, couples $388 and couples with two children $508
There’s no free lunch when it comes to government spending
Reading Time: 4 minutes Modern monetary theory advocates argue the government should have a magic wand to conjure up money out of thin air.
Canadian drugs can’t cure deadly U.S. shortages
Reading Time: 4 minutes Canada can’t even keep itself stocked with necessary medication and falls far short when it comes to research spending