Reading Time: 3 minutes Increased U.S. government spending will put upward pressure on U.S. and Canadian interest rates
Author: Steven Globerman
Steven Globerman is Resident Scholar and Addington Chair in Measurement at the Fraser Institute as well as Professor Emeritus at Western Washington University. Previously, he held tenured appointments at Simon Fraser University and York University and has been a visiting professor at the University of California, University of British Columbia, Stockholm School of Economics, Copenhagen School of Business, and the Helsinki School of Economics.
Nova Scotia government unwieldy, costly: study
Reading Time: 3 minutes With escalating spending and a shrinking private sector due to the pandemic, Nova Scotia’s large government is a growing concern
Alberta sweeps away energy industry roadblocks
Reading Time: 3 minutes A new bill eliminates non-functional regulations, reduces approval timelines, and emphasizes efficiency and certainty in the approval process
Alberta needs to reform energy regulations
Reading Time: 3 minutes AER should pursue responsible energy development by weighing social benefits against social costs, in a transparent fashion
Rethink restrictions on private health insurance
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canadian patients are entitled to make informed choices about their health care. Private health insurance carries many benefits to the broader system
How to reform Alberta’s energy regulation
Reading Time: 4 minutes Less red tape and shorter decision timelines would improve Alberta’s investment environment and free up AER’s resources
Municipalities need to rethink tax model
Reading Time: 3 minutes Property tax rates are much higher for businesses than home owners, which can cause serious problems, particularly when the economy falters
Artificial intelligence will kill jobs – and create them
Reading Time: 3 minutes Automation increases labour productivity and so raises the income levels of workers, who in turn acquire new skills to use and advance automation
Dramatic drop in capital expenditures threatens Canada’s prosperity
Reading Time: 3 minutes Capital investment, particularly in machinery and equipment and intellectual property assets, is the major source of productivity growth and higher standards of living in developed countries.
Canada’s upstream oil and gas sector is in intensive care
Reading Time: 3 minutes The economic damage to the energy industry is due largely to government regulatory and tax policies