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Tag: Canadian economy
NAFTA faces a rough road in wake of U.S. election
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canadian leaders need to be prepared to defend NAFTA and its economic value whoever wins the U.S. presidential election
For Canada, ratifying CETA was the easy part
Reading Time: 3 minutes The influx of quality, affordable dairy products will force Canada’s dairy industry to redefine itself within a more competitive landscape
Canada looks to Europe for a winning trade recipe
Reading Time: 3 minutes In an increasingly protectionist world, finding trade partners for agricultural products is difficult, although the benefit can be huge
Federal and provincial tax hikes bad news for Alberta
Reading Time: 3 minutes Tax hikes are coming fast and furious from both Edmonton and Ottawa, more bad news for Albertans and their still-fragile provincial economy
A spiral of failure when the drill bit doesn’t turn
Reading Time: 3 minutes We need to rework a timeless proverb to bring the devastation in Canada’s oil and gas sector into sharp focus
The cloudy economic forecast is all wet
Reading Time: 3 minutes In Canada and the United States, wages are rising, poverty is falling and spending is on the rise – but we can’t be complacent
Slow growth in Canada worsened by bad government policy
Reading Time: 3 minutes In recent years, Canada has seen an onslaught of growth-hindering policies such as increased spending and debt, higher taxes and increased regulation
Beer-barrel economics: what goes down stimulates the economy
Reading Time: 3 minutes A cut in beer prices in New Brunswick led to an increase in beer sales to Nova Scotia and Quebec residents
Bill Morneau sure is no Paul Martin
Reading Time: 3 minutes To spur future growth, Morneau should look back at his own party’s proven economic policies