Reading Time: 3 minutes While the U.S. is curtailing the strength of such unions, Canadian government finances are stretched by the cost of public-sector workers
Tag: Canadian economy
Why we shouldn’t worry about wealth inequality in Canada
Reading Time: 3 minutes Age and accumulated wealth account for much of the discrepancy. And that’s just normal life-cycle economics
Why the workforce gender gap matters to business
Reading Time: 3 minutes Reducing barriers to adding women to the workforce in Canada could add $150 billion to $420 billion in GDP over 10 years
Will Trump’s protectionism be the making of Canada?
Reading Time: 4 minutes By blowing up NAFTA, Trump would be forcing Canada to take control of its future once again and commit to building common bonds to preserve our nation’s integrity
Federal carbon tax seems destined to fail
Reading Time: 3 minutes P.E.I. has added itself to the list of carbon tax opponents, following Premier Doug Ford of Ontario. And the list is growing
Canada must maximize its oil profit potential
Reading Time: 3 minutes Enbridge pipeline approval is good news but Canadian oil remains largely confined to U.S. market. We need a broader marketplace
Canada wins if the globe warms but we must be ready
Reading Time: 4 minutes If the Earth warmed as much as models say, the increase in Canada’s arable land would be an area two times the size of Quebec
We don’t want to go where trade wars have taken us before
Reading Time: 4 minutes Trump is obviously not deterred by the warnings from economists of a global trade war that could usher in a new depression
Here’s the carbon tax bill for the average Canadian
Reading Time: 3 minutes The government should admit that its carbon tax will significantly burden families for a climate benefit too small to measure
The trouble with edible marijuana products
Reading Time: 4 minutes Edibles scare Health Canada and the food industry, since they’re discrete, convenient and potentially dangerous