Reading Time: 3 minutes Rising government debt can dampen economic growth and divert billions of dollars away from important public priorities
Tag: Nova Scotia
Pandemic police need to curb their shaming rampage
Reading Time: 4 minutes We’re in this together – let’s all try to remember that some people just need a helping hand rather than insensitive criticism
Beaverbrook: A Canadian who liked to win
Reading Time: 3 minutes Relentless and focused, Max Aitken wasn’t squeamish about cutting corners to get what he wanted in business and politics
A political matchup made in heaven
Reading Time: 3 minutes What if voters had to choose between candidates with proven track records, like McKenna and Stanfield, rather than Trudeau and Scheer?
Equalization inequalities must be addressed
Reading Time: 3 minutes Encouraging short-term stability at the expense of economic performance and fairness is folly when alternatives are available
Minimum wage prices low-skilled workers out of a job
Reading Time: 3 minutes Governments should abolish the fruitless minimum wage if they want to do right by young and low-income persons
Atlantic Canada facing an economic crisis
Reading Time: 4 minutes The level of support from other regions of the country has created a dangerous sense of entitlement
Fiscal austerity recipe for economic decimation
Reading Time: 3 minutes While provincial budgets face overwhelming challenges in 2015, austerity measures must be implemented with caution
Creating a Maritime Union for the 21st century
Reading Time: 4 minutes Although a political union may be a non-starter, it is time to discuss an economic union