Police are sounding the alarm on the government’s interest rate cap
The government’s plan to reduce the criminal interest rate from 47 per cent to 35 per cent APR will force low-income Canadians to turn to illegal lenders for loans.
Canada needs its own productivity commission
We need to build a new economy where innovation and productivity make real increases in per capita well-being in income and wealth generation to address the demands of health care, achieving net-zero emissions, education, and more defence spending.
AI could lead to a future of better possibilities, if we play our cards right
Leading economist David Autor argues that AI, if managed properly, could rebuild the middle class by opening up more workers to all kinds of jobs that are currently the preserve of the professional elites, creating new kinds of jobs in the process. AI is just a tool, he says, and it is how we use it that matters.
MPs push for Canada’s chief auditor to investigate the firm behind the ArriveCan app
The auditor general’s office says it’s ‘evaluating the request’ made by the House Government Operations and Estimates Committee to poke deeper into the myriad contracts obtained by GC Strategies.
The federal government is failing Canadian health research
Canada risks losing out by inadequately investing in health researchers working to unlock new discoveries.
ArriveCan accountability remains top question as federal spending watchdog says she found ‘disappointing failures’ everywhere she looked
Canadians will lose faith in institutions if there are no consequences, says Aaron Wudrick. But it should be bureaucrats—not ministers—who wear the procurement failings, according to former PSPC ADM Alan Williams.
Build houses, build culture, build community
We urgently need a national funding strategy for cultural venues, and Canadians need to rethink how we invest in cultural infrastructure post-pandemic.
Canadians want more control over their data: the case for consent-centric open banking
In a survey commissioned by Interac for Data Privacy Week, 77 per cent of respondents said that they feel that their personal data is more exposed than ever before.
ArriveCAN: CBSA’s internal review found evidence supporting allegations of misconduct
Michel Lafleur, CBSA’s executive director of professional integrity, revealed that the department had found some evidence warranting further inquiry.
Corporations are not empowered by law to ignore the environment
Surprisingly, the whole notion that the primary obligation of directors is to shareholders is a relatively new idea.
