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COVID-19 Commentary Archive

Ottawa should wind down massive COVID subsidies to businesses
By Ben Eisen | May 10, 2021
Wait times—the other health-care crisis
By Mackenzie Moir, Bacchus Barua | May 5, 2021
B.C. government imposes travel restrictions while COVID numbers fall
By Niels Veldhuis | April 30, 2021
Beware experts bearing consensus
By Jason Clemens | April 1, 2021
Canada’s vaccine rollout continues to lag
By Herbert Grubel | March 31, 2021
Three ways federal government can spur COVID recovery
By Jake Fuss | March 31, 2021
COVID will cast long shadow over future generations
By Fred McMahon | March 15, 2021
Canada’s COVID response requires more imagination and innovation
By Livio Di Matteo | February 18, 2021
B.C. makes progress on surgery backlog—but serious challenges remain
By Bacchus Barua, Mackenzie Moir | February 2, 2021
Trudeau government wage subsidy program likely not worth the price tag
By Ben Eisen | January 27, 2021
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 Dr. 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