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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Peruvian President Dina Boluarte.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, and Peruvian President Dina Boluarte. Both Peru and Canada are dedicated to sustainable economic and social development, writes Ambassador Manuel Talavera. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade and World Intellectual Property Organization photograph by Eduardo Logas
Opinion | BY STEVE LAFLEUR | October 21, 2024
François-Philippe Champagne
Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne. Some of Canada’s biggest innovations have come from speculative investments underpinned by government spending, writes Steve Lafleur. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY STEVE LAFLEUR | October 21, 2024
Opinion | BY STEVE LAFLEUR | October 21, 2024
François-Philippe Champagne
Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne. Some of Canada’s biggest innovations have come from speculative investments underpinned by government spending, writes Steve Lafleur. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | October 16, 2024
The overemphasis on housing is an important factor in what is perhaps Canada’s most pressing economic problem: declining economic productivity, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | October 16, 2024
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | October 16, 2024
The overemphasis on housing is an important factor in what is perhaps Canada’s most pressing economic problem: declining economic productivity, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY JAKE FUSS | October 9, 2024
Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Government debt has immediate and long-term consequences, writes Jake Fuss. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY JAKE FUSS | October 9, 2024
Opinion | BY JAKE FUSS | October 9, 2024
Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Government debt has immediate and long-term consequences, writes Jake Fuss. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | October 7, 2024
Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne at BIOTECanada's BIONation conference in Ottawa on Sept. 24, 2024. Overall, Canada needs a new, independent, arm’s length body that can monitor how well our innovation programs are working, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | October 7, 2024
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | October 7, 2024
Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne at BIOTECanada's BIONation conference in Ottawa on Sept. 24, 2024. Overall, Canada needs a new, independent, arm’s length body that can monitor how well our innovation programs are working, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | September 23, 2024
Tiff Macklem
Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem, left, and Deputy Governor Carolyn Rogers on the Hill on Feb. 1, 2024. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | September 23, 2024
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | September 23, 2024
Tiff Macklem
Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem, left, and Deputy Governor Carolyn Rogers on the Hill on Feb. 1, 2024. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | January 8, 2024
Building an economy with high-value jobs and sustained, productive growth will not happen overnight. It has to be a longer-term commitment and the benefits will take time to be realized, writes David Crane. Image courtesy of Pexel.com
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | January 8, 2024
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | January 8, 2024
Building an economy with high-value jobs and sustained, productive growth will not happen overnight. It has to be a longer-term commitment and the benefits will take time to be realized, writes David Crane. Image courtesy of Pexel.com
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | January 4, 2024
Incumbents like Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have been 'suffering' as Canadians have been in a 'steadily pessimistic' mood for over a year when it comes to the economy, said Christian Bourque of Leger. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | January 4, 2024
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | January 4, 2024
Incumbents like Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have been 'suffering' as Canadians have been in a 'steadily pessimistic' mood for over a year when it comes to the economy, said Christian Bourque of Leger. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY PERRIN BEATTY | January 2, 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured Oct. 19, 2023, at the CARICOM-Canada Summit in Ottawa. A year from now, the world’s attention will turn to Canada as we once again assume the G7 presidency. This will be an opportunity for Canada to demonstrate international leadership and help set the global agenda, writes Perrin Beatty. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY PERRIN BEATTY | January 2, 2024
Opinion | BY PERRIN BEATTY | January 2, 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured Oct. 19, 2023, at the CARICOM-Canada Summit in Ottawa. A year from now, the world’s attention will turn to Canada as we once again assume the G7 presidency. This will be an opportunity for Canada to demonstrate international leadership and help set the global agenda, writes Perrin Beatty. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | December 28, 2023
In the 2022 federal budget, Finance Minster Chrystia Freeland unveiled plans for a Canada Innovation Corporation that would support Canadian businesses to develop and protect IP, and enhance their ability to act as high-value suppliers in global value chains. But Ottawa is in no rush. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | December 28, 2023
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | December 28, 2023
In the 2022 federal budget, Finance Minster Chrystia Freeland unveiled plans for a Canada Innovation Corporation that would support Canadian businesses to develop and protect IP, and enhance their ability to act as high-value suppliers in global value chains. But Ottawa is in no rush. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | December 20, 2023
Mortgage renewals in the year to come are set to cause voters 'enormous financial pain' on the eve of the next election, and that presents 'a real problem' for the government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, said pollster Greg Lyle. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | December 20, 2023
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | December 20, 2023
Mortgage renewals in the year to come are set to cause voters 'enormous financial pain' on the eve of the next election, and that presents 'a real problem' for the government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, said pollster Greg Lyle. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | December 18, 2023
Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson, pictured on the Hill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | December 18, 2023
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | December 18, 2023
Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson, pictured on the Hill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | December 18, 2023
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, pictured, should provide serious analysis on the barriers to supply-enhancing productivity growth in Canada in the 2024 budget, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | December 18, 2023
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | December 18, 2023
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, pictured, should provide serious analysis on the barriers to supply-enhancing productivity growth in Canada in the 2024 budget, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | December 11, 2023
Our biggest and most difficult economic challenge is not inflation. It's productivity. Yet, it's inflation, not productivity, that makes the daily headlines, writes David Crane. Image courtesy of Pexels
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | December 11, 2023
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | December 11, 2023
Our biggest and most difficult economic challenge is not inflation. It's productivity. Yet, it's inflation, not productivity, that makes the daily headlines, writes David Crane. Image courtesy of Pexels
Opinion | BY DT COCHRANE | December 5, 2023
President and CEO of Empire Company Limited Michael Medline, left, and Galen Weston, who stepped down as president of Loblaw earlier this year, but remains chair of its board, CEO of its parent company, and controlling shareholder. The pair are pictured testifying at a parliamentary committee in March 2023. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DT COCHRANE | December 5, 2023
Opinion | BY DT COCHRANE | December 5, 2023
President and CEO of Empire Company Limited Michael Medline, left, and Galen Weston, who stepped down as president of Loblaw earlier this year, but remains chair of its board, CEO of its parent company, and controlling shareholder. The pair are pictured testifying at a parliamentary committee in March 2023. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | November 29, 2023
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s, left, fall economic statement signalled that times have changed since 2016 when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the Liberals had a mandate from Canadians to invest, not cut spending, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | November 29, 2023
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | November 29, 2023
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s, left, fall economic statement signalled that times have changed since 2016 when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the Liberals had a mandate from Canadians to invest, not cut spending, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY JAKE FUSS, GRADY MUNRO | November 27, 2023
By continually violating their own fiscal anchor, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland and the Trudeau government have rendered the debt-to-GDP rule meaningless and abandoned the discipline it’s meant to impose, write Jake Fuss and Grady Munro. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY JAKE FUSS, GRADY MUNRO | November 27, 2023
Opinion | BY JAKE FUSS, GRADY MUNRO | November 27, 2023
By continually violating their own fiscal anchor, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland and the Trudeau government have rendered the debt-to-GDP rule meaningless and abandoned the discipline it’s meant to impose, write Jake Fuss and Grady Munro. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | November 27, 2023
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, pictured on the Hill. Unfortunately for Poilievre, last week’s fall economic update was preceded by cheering news on inflation; the official rate has dropped from 3.8 per cent in September to 3.1 per cent last month and could be on its way further down, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | November 27, 2023
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | November 27, 2023
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, pictured on the Hill. Unfortunately for Poilievre, last week’s fall economic update was preceded by cheering news on inflation; the official rate has dropped from 3.8 per cent in September to 3.1 per cent last month and could be on its way further down, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade