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- A Quebec bill that critics have slammed as a ‘declaration of war on workers highlights an ongoing trend where provincial and federal governments undermine union influence.
- A Quebec bill that critics have slammed as a ‘declaration of war on workers highlights an ongoing trend where provincial and federal governments undermine union influence.
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- We cannot repeat the pattern of offering short-term Band-Aids while expecting our most vulnerable neighbours to absorb the long-term costs of economic and climate
- We cannot repeat the pattern of offering short-term Band-Aids while expecting our most vulnerable neighbours to absorb the long-term costs of economic and climate
- We cannot repeat the pattern of offering short-term Band-Aids while expecting our most vulnerable neighbours to absorb the long-term costs of economic and climate
- Economic development and international trade were the hottest advocacy topics in January based on the most popular subject matter listed in communication reports.
- Economic development and international trade were the hottest advocacy topics in January based on the most popular subject matter listed in communication reports.
- Economic development and international trade were the hottest advocacy topics in January based on the most popular subject matter listed in communication reports.
- The U.S. is 'looking for weakness,' according to the president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association, who called the trade war an 'unprecedented set
- The U.S. is 'looking for weakness,' according to the president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association, who called the trade war an 'unprecedented set
- The U.S. is 'looking for weakness,' according to the president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association, who called the trade war an 'unprecedented set
- The Indigenous Peoples Economic Trade Cooperation Arrangement, launched in 2021, should be a key part of the Canadian response to American trade threats.
- The Indigenous Peoples Economic Trade Cooperation Arrangement, launched in 2021, should be a key part of the Canadian response to American trade threats.
- The Indigenous Peoples Economic Trade Cooperation Arrangement, launched in 2021, should be a key part of the Canadian response to American trade threats.
- International affairs professor Michael Manulak says world leaders are holding back comment so far because they're ‘unsure about how serious to take the 51st-state

- International affairs professor Michael Manulak says world leaders are holding back comment so far because they're ‘unsure about how serious to take the 51st-state
- International affairs professor Michael Manulak says world leaders are holding back comment so far because they're ‘unsure about how serious to take the 51st-state

- Federal government spending, public service employment, and the national debt are soaring, but delivery of essential government services is sputtering, and the Bank of
- Federal government spending, public service employment, and the national debt are soaring, but delivery of essential government services is sputtering, and the Bank of
- Federal government spending, public service employment, and the national debt are soaring, but delivery of essential government services is sputtering, and the Bank of
- If we want to improve productivity in Canada, we should be investing in our own businesses and essential community infrastructures to support them.

- If we want to improve productivity in Canada, we should be investing in our own businesses and essential community infrastructures to support them.
- If we want to improve productivity in Canada, we should be investing in our own businesses and essential community infrastructures to support them.

- Governments across Canada can enact policies to help stimulate business investment, productivity gains, and stronger economic growth.
- Governments across Canada can enact policies to help stimulate business investment, productivity gains, and stronger economic growth.
- Governments across Canada can enact policies to help stimulate business investment, productivity gains, and stronger economic growth.
- Investing in government accountability is a prerequisite for democracy, not a side effect.
Opinion | BY SHEILA FRASER, MICHèLE GALIPEAU, MICHAEL PICKUP, DENISE HANRAHAM, CAROL BELLRINGER | April 11, 2024
Opinion | BY SHEILA FRASER, MICHèLE GALIPEAU, MICHAEL PICKUP, DENISE HANRAHAM, CAROL BELLRINGER | April 11, 2024
- Investing in government accountability is a prerequisite for democracy, not a side effect.
Opinion | BY SHEILA FRASER, MICHèLE GALIPEAU, MICHAEL PICKUP, DENISE HANRAHAM, CAROL BELLRINGER | April 11, 2024
- Investing in government accountability is a prerequisite for democracy, not a side effect.
- Conservatives have an opportunity to prepare the Canadian economy, labour market, and social policy framework for the radically different economic future that is rapidly
- Conservatives have an opportunity to prepare the Canadian economy, labour market, and social policy framework for the radically different economic future that is rapidly
- Conservatives have an opportunity to prepare the Canadian economy, labour market, and social policy framework for the radically different economic future that is rapidly
- Increasing the minimum wage, hiking pensions, and supporting the disabled may not be as politically sexy, but those decisions make Canadian lives better.
- Increasing the minimum wage, hiking pensions, and supporting the disabled may not be as politically sexy, but those decisions make Canadian lives better.
- Increasing the minimum wage, hiking pensions, and supporting the disabled may not be as politically sexy, but those decisions make Canadian lives better.
- Young people's high level of unhappiness should be taken very seriously, not just because of their lack of confidence in their futures, but also
- Young people's high level of unhappiness should be taken very seriously, not just because of their lack of confidence in their futures, but also
- Young people's high level of unhappiness should be taken very seriously, not just because of their lack of confidence in their futures, but also
- The prime minister’s policies have thrown serious shadows over the future economic prospects of Canadians who will find themselves less well-off and less economically
- The prime minister’s policies have thrown serious shadows over the future economic prospects of Canadians who will find themselves less well-off and less economically
- The prime minister’s policies have thrown serious shadows over the future economic prospects of Canadians who will find themselves less well-off and less economically
- Immigration plays a vital role in addressing labour shortages, standing as a pivotal force in revitalizing our economic landscape.

- Immigration plays a vital role in addressing labour shortages, standing as a pivotal force in revitalizing our economic landscape.
- Immigration plays a vital role in addressing labour shortages, standing as a pivotal force in revitalizing our economic landscape.

- Re: “PBO projects ‘sluggish’ economic growth this year, with $11.5-billion increase in budgetary deficit in 2023-24,” (The Hill Times, March 7, by Mike Lapointe).
Opinion | March 18, 2024
Opinion | March 18, 2024
- Re: “PBO projects ‘sluggish’ economic growth this year, with $11.5-billion increase in budgetary deficit in 2023-24,” (The Hill Times, March 7, by Mike Lapointe).
Opinion | March 18, 2024
- Re: “PBO projects ‘sluggish’ economic growth this year, with $11.5-billion increase in budgetary deficit in 2023-24,” (The Hill Times, March 7, by Mike Lapointe).
- Governments need to do more to support lasting affordability for housing, food, and energy.

- Governments need to do more to support lasting affordability for housing, food, and energy.
- Governments need to do more to support lasting affordability for housing, food, and energy.

- The supply-side neoliberal economic thinking favoured by the likes of Brian Mulroney, Ronald Reagan, and Margaret Thatcher is driving today’s shifting political winds towards

- The supply-side neoliberal economic thinking favoured by the likes of Brian Mulroney, Ronald Reagan, and Margaret Thatcher is driving today’s shifting political winds towards
- The supply-side neoliberal economic thinking favoured by the likes of Brian Mulroney, Ronald Reagan, and Margaret Thatcher is driving today’s shifting political winds towards
