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COVID-19 Commentary Archive

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 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
COVID creating a backlog of cancelled elective surgeries in Canada
By Bacchus Barua, Mackenzie Moir | April 14, 2020
Pandemics, social upheaval and government spending
By Livio Di Matteo | April 9, 2020
Trudeau government must produce plan to help one of Canada’s most important sectors
By Niels Veldhuis, Elmira Aliakbari | April 8, 2020
History of government difficulty in writing cheques to Canadians
By Alex Whalen, Tegan Hill, Jason Clemens | April 3, 2020
Supply management impedes supermarkets from keeping pace with demand
By Jake Fuss, Alex Whalen | April 3, 2020
Alberta deficit likely far worse than expected
By Steve Lafleur | April 2, 2020