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COVID-19 Commentary Archive

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
Revisions to ‘wage subsidy’ program leave many questions unanswered
By Niels Veldhuis, Jason Clemens, Tegan Hill | April 1, 2020
Crises—an ideal time for the state to grab power
By Bruce Pardy | March 31, 2020
Ontario’s mini-budget shows provincial deficit will increase
By Ben Eisen | March 30, 2020
Employers must be allowed to temporarily lay off workers during COVID crisis
By Alex Whalen, Niels Veldhuis | March 27, 2020
Ottawa’s ‘Emergency Response Benefit’ leaves many unanswered questions
By Tegan Hill, Milagros Palacios, Alex Whalen | March 27, 2020
Price controls and anti-gouging laws make matters worse
By Steven Horwitz | March 27, 2020
Finance minister can access ‘all money required’ without consulting Parliament
By Lydia Miljan | March 26, 2020
Boost EI but don’t create new wage subsidy program
By Niels Veldhuis, Jason Clemens | March 26, 2020
Trudeau government gets unlimited spending authority for six months
By Niels Veldhuis, Jason Clemens, Bruce Pardy | March 26, 2020
Ontario reduces hydro rates yet fundamental problems still plague province’s electricity market
By Elmira Aliakbari, Ashley Stedman, Jairo Yunis | March 26, 2020