Reading Time: 3 minutes At the heart of the COVID-19 crisis sits the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corp. and its low-income borrowers
Tag: Employment rate
Human cost high from pandemic-driven joblessness
Reading Time: 3 minutes As government responds to COVID-19, it needs to think about the non-financial consequences of being out of work
Put the Canadian economy back to work
Reading Time: 4 minutes Not every home should be isolated. Not every business should be shut. The harm is too great to society. We need better solutions
Will the economy ever recover?
Reading Time: 4 minutes The economy will bounce back, even if some businesses don’t. But don’t expect a rapid recovery after COVID-19 recedes
Ease temporary layoff laws during COVID-19 crisis
Reading Time: 4 minutes Allowing employers to adjust quickly will improve the chances jobs are waiting for returning workers when the crisis subsides
Lies, damned lies and statistics
Reading Time: 4 minutes Given the billions of dollars and political agendas at stake, citizens should always take government stats with a measure of reserve
Average weekly earnings edge up 3.4% in Alberta
Reading Time: 2 minutes Stats Can saw large employment growth in the health care, social assistance sector, and increased earnings in the transportation and warehousing sectors
Alberta public employees have 9.3% pay edge
Reading Time: 3 minutes Goverment workers also enjoyed much more generous non-wage benefits, says the Fraser Institute
Is neoliberalism sinful or our salvation?
Reading Time: 5 minutes It’s difficult to know for sure since academics and economists want to hide behind jargon rather than offering concrete analysis
Does government debt really matter?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Let’s be very careful about electing a government that’s bribing us with our own money