Reading Time: 5 minutes Justin Trudeau has Canada headed toward another fiscal calamity, through a series of policy decisions that mimic his father’s misguided choices
Category: Business
Casting about for new Canadian trade partners
Reading Time: 4 minutes A trade deal between Canada, the U.K., Australia and New Zealand wouldn’t replace the U.S. as the key player in our economy, but at least it would give us more options
Constructive dialogue central to navigating future energy challenges
Reading Time: 3 minutes Unfortunately, Canada is not a country of positive dialogue but of negative polemics: aggressive, hostile, rarely productive or progressive
Turning investors – and prosperity – away at the door
Reading Time: 3 minutes The federal government’s disinterest in private-sector investment and entrepreneurship is devastating for Canada’s economy
Wasting money propping up untenable news operations
Reading Time: 3 minutes Billions spent on the CBC, hundreds of millions redirected by the CRTC. Is more federal funding for local news justified?
A meatless Canada? No, but we’re becoming more discerning
Reading Time: 4 minutes A recent poll by Dalhousie University suggests that our food choices are becoming more varied
Time to spark a revolution in the power utility sector
Reading Time: 3 minutes Unsustainable debts, regulatory structure and evolving market conditions are holding utilities back
Rigorous journalism can save us from fake news
Reading Time: 4 minutes How government can navigate a changing landscape to create the conditions for vigorous, ethical journalism and open, informed debate
China using its monetary policy as a weapon of war
Reading Time: 3 minutes China is conquering the world by creating money when it needs it and simply absorbing debt. Perhaps we should be copying them
Manitoba mining industry buried by policies, taxes
Reading Time: 3 minutes Mining investors dramatically downgrade Manitoba in annual survey. Only the provincial government can fix this