Reading Time: 4 minutes The plight of Sears pensioners has once again ignited calls for change but the federal government seems content to sit on its hands
Category: Business
Canada’s new superclusters could just be black holes
Reading Time: 4 minutes The government thinks that if industry doesn’t see fit to use its own money to stimulate innovation, perhaps taxpayer money should be the fire starter
Feel-good budget is fine, but don’t forget economic essentials
Reading Time: 3 minutes There are limits on what removing discrimination can do: fair taxation, fewer regulations and infrastructure should be the focus of the next federal budget
Sooner or later, we will turn away from oil
Reading Time: 3 minutes Part 2: Albertans can lead the next economic revolution by pioneering new energy enterprises
Prepping for the reality of privatizing Canada’s power utilities
Reading Time: 3 minutes The uncertain future of Puerto Rico’s badly managed power utility (PREPA) should serve as a clear warning to several provincial governments
Quit blaming workers for rising inflation
Reading Time: 4 minutes By raising interest rates, central bankers are moving away from one of their prime purposes: to maximize employment
“Progressive” trade agenda leads to regressive results
Reading Time: 4 minutes Canada wants to include social and environmental standards in trade deals. Countries like China aren’t interested in anything but economic advancement
Upcoming government budgets must focus on competitiveness
Reading Time: 4 minutes Canadian governments have done nothing to signal to investors, entrepreneurs and businesses that they have a plan to return the country to competitiveness
Health Canada’s suggested new food labelling has limitations
Reading Time: 3 minutes Would help consumers know what’s in their food but there are some gaps in the system
Turning Alberta’s inactive wells back into assets
Reading Time: 5 minutes Part 3 of a six-part series: ReGenerate Alberta wants to seize a business opportunity and answer a social challenge all at once