Industrial policy may be the missing link for Canadian productivity
A more co-ordinated industrial policy that measures results and learns from failure could result in less waste, and fewer bad bets.
Real estate nation: Canada’s biggest business sector scores low in the all-important area of economic productivity
Investment in housing takes away from money in other sectors, undercutting the country’s ability to devote funds to the kinds of spending crucial to Canada’s future prosperity.
Trudeau is dead wrong about Canada’s debt
Despite the prime minister’s claim that Canada has the ‘strongest fiscal position’ in the world, Fraser Institute evidence shows it’s actually among the most indebted advanced economies.
It’s a Brit problem, it’s a Canadian problem
A recent British study argues that one of the top issues for U.K. innovation and industrial policy is the early sale of promising new science and tech firms to overseas-based corporations, and the truncation of further growth at home. This is our challenge, too.
We need a serious growth plan for Canada, like the EU’s
The European Union’s recent report sets out priorities, a plan, and an estimated cost. This is what we need: something solid and serious for our future. We don’t have that today, which is why why Canadians are losing confidence in their future.
Carney’s advice to Liberals puts low-carbon future above all
Mark Carney made it clear he will be doubling down on the need for the government and Canadians to move heaven and earth to build a low-carbon economy.
Anand pushes for AI in federal public service
Plus, Senators return to the Hill.
Support zero-profit grocery stores to fight market failure in the food supply chain
We cannot rely on the private market to solve this problem. The government has recently acknowledged as much in the housing sector—it now needs to do the same in the food sector.
Economic challenges need more than pages for next Liberal platform
Mark Carney’s task force may improve things at the margins, but we will need much more than a short-term project.
Public servants sound off over new return-to-office mandate, while union faces heat over its ‘Buy Nothing’ campaign
Public service union walks back calls to boycott downtown Ottawa business.
