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COVID-19 Commentary Archive

Despite spending hundreds of billions during COVID, we seem to have little to show for it
By Livio Di Matteo | January 8, 2021
COVID-related spending increases threaten future economic growth
By Livio Di Matteo | November 5, 2020
Canada lags behind most industrialized countries on key economic, fiscal indicators
By Jason Clemens, Jake Fuss, Milagros Palacios | November 4, 2020
Trudeau government creating harmful work disincentives for many Canadians
By Ben Eisen | November 4, 2020
Post-COVID recovery should encourage growth of private sector in Canada
By Steven Globerman | October 28, 2020
Trudeau government should heed looming risks to federal finances
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios | October 23, 2020
COVID is superspreading convenient health care
By Jehangir Appoo | October 22, 2020
Trudeau government must improve investment climate to ‘build back better’
By Niels Veldhuis, Milagros Palacios | September 29, 2020
Trudeau government spending billions to make people better off than before recession
By Jason Clemens, Nathaniel Li | September 8, 2020
Canadians should know how much we pay for health care
By Bacchus Barua, Milagros Palacios | September 3, 2020
Trudeau government move undermines COVID-19 response
By Kristina M.L. Acri, née Lybecker | August 6, 2020
COVID underscores problems with government intervention
By Livio Di Matteo | August 5, 2020
Trudeau government should target high tax rates during COVID recovery and beyond
By Tegan Hill, Ben Eisen | July 8, 2020
COVID-19 isn’t the only reason for our mega-deficit
By Jason Clemens, Tegan Hill, Milagros Palacios | July 8, 2020
Kenney government postpones reforms despite COVID-related surgery backlog
By Mackenzie Moir, Alex Whalen, Bacchus Barua | June 18, 2020
Potential permanent changes from our experience with COVID-19
By Jason Clemens, Mark Hasiuk | May 28, 2020
Artificial intelligence joins humans in fight against COVID-19
By Steven Globerman | May 27, 2020
Trudeau government COVID assistance lacks proper targeting
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios | May 22, 2020
Canada must tailor trade practises for post-COVID world
By Livio Di Matteo | May 12, 2020
U.S. COVID experience highlights risks of centralized management of health care
By Steven Globerman | May 7, 2020
Some much-needed perspective on COVID infection and death rates
By Herbert Grubel | April 27, 2020
Deregulation now—and in the post-COVID world
By Steven Globerman | April 24, 2020
Policymakers should consider health-care reform in post-COVID world
By Bacchus Barua, Mackenzie Moir | April 23, 2020
Canada does not need a modern ‘Marshall Plan’ after COVID
By Steven Globerman, Jake Fuss | April 22, 2020
Trade deal will hurt—not help—COVID vaccine mission
By Kristina M.L. Acri, née Lybecker | April 15, 2020