Affordability will remain a top political issue in 2024 after inflation stalls in latest CPI report, say observers
With inflation holding at 3.1 per cent, the Bank of Canada may wait until the summer to start cutting interest rates, instead of starting as early as the spring, said business prof Ian Lee.
Canada’s economy in an extraordinarily vulnerable position
We have made ourselves hostage to a declining industry—oil and gas—while failing to effectively develop a competitive green economy for the future. Where are the industries that will create the wealth, deliver high-value exports to pay our way in the world, raise our productivity and provide the means to sustain our way of life as oil and gas fade in significance? Near-shoring or friend-shoring won’t solve our problems.
Budget 2024 must tackle supply constraints
We must have a new mindset that puts a much higher priority in pursuing supply-side solutions in a supply-constrained world.
It’s all about productivity
To put the country on track, we need some kind of independent institution to provide analysis and policy ideas on long-term growth and productivity. Our politicians, public policymakers, most corporate leaders and our universities all seem bereft of ideas.
To address the affordability crisis, Parliamentarians should support Bill C-56 and back unions to counterbalance corporate power
Our recent lingering bout of high inflation is the most visible consequence of corporate power.
Missing the point of Freeland’s what-have-we-got-to-lose mini-budget
The Nov. 21 economic statement was the implicit recognition of the political reality facing the Liberals in the aftermath of eight years of all-in investment policy.
Trudeau government keeps violating self-imposed fiscal rules
There are few signs the Liberals will transform into responsible stewards of public finances and take meaningful steps to control debt and debt interest costs.
It’s always the economy, and we’re not stupid
While politicians hurl accusations and recycle old ideological claims, their lives are mostly untouched by current financial pressures; they, along with grocery store executives, well-cushioned pensioners and parents who can somehow still afford Taylor Swift tickets.
Freeland fails to address future of Canadian economy in forthright terms
Now more than ever, Canadians need substance and forthright leadership on how we climb out of the current morass for a better future.
Fall economic statement falls short
Fighting for the climate and affordability are not competing goals. The Liberals must not allow Conservative sloganeering to drive their policies.
