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  1. Labour Policy Commentary Archive
  2. Labour Policy Commentary Archive

Labour Policy Commentary Archive

Median wages and salaries lower in every Canadian province than in every U.S. state
By Alex Whalen, Lawrence Schembri, Joel Emes | October 4, 2024
Federal government should listen to Canadians and trim the bureaucracy
By Jake Fuss, Grady Munro | October 2, 2024
Canada’s federal bureaucracy expanding rapidly at your expense
By Matthew Lau | August 30, 2024
Canada’s dismal growth prospects should raise alarm bells in New Brunswick
By Alex Whalen | August 12, 2024
Canada living standards falling behind rest of developed world
By Alex Whalen, Milagros Palacios, Lawrence Schembri | July 29, 2024
B.C.’s minimum wage hike hurts workers
By Tegan Hill | June 17, 2024
Federal politicians of all stripes protect union workers at expense of other workers
By Matthew Lau | June 7, 2024
Federal government’s ‘fudget budget’ relies on fanciful assumptions of productivity growth
By Niels Veldhuis, Jake Fuss | April 23, 2024
Government-sector job growth dwarfs private-sector job growth across Canada
By Ben Eisen | November 21, 2023
Federal government’s number spinning misrepresents job growth realities
By Matthew Lau | October 5, 2023
Minimum wages hurt the working poor
By Matthew Lau | July 28, 2023
The one big growth industry of the Trudeau years—the bureaucracy
By Herbert Grubel | July 19, 2023
Ontario government’s ‘working people’ legislation will hurt working people
By Matthew Lau | June 23, 2023
Smith government should be cautious in wage negotiations with provincial employees
By Ben Eisen, Tegan Hill | May 31, 2023
Possibility of four-day workweek fading as economic growth prospects wane
By Jason Clemens, Steven Globerman, Milagros Palacios | May 18, 2023
AI unlikely to trigger an employment apocalypse
By Jock Finlayson | April 19, 2023
Ottawa should reject unrealistic union demands as federal strike looms
By Alex Whalen, Jake Fuss | April 18, 2023
Canadians should celebrate decline of private-sector unions
By Matthew Lau | March 17, 2023
Newfoundland and Labrador government should review government wage bill
By Ben Eisen, Alex Whalen | February 16, 2023
P.E.I. government should target government wages to save money
By Ben Eisen, Alex Whalen | February 6, 2023
New Brunswick government should target government wages to save money
By Ben Eisen, Alex Whalen | January 26, 2023
Nova Scotia government should target government wages to save money
By Ben Eisen, Alex Whalen | January 24, 2023
Canada’s demographic crisis threatens incomes and living standards
By Steven Globerman | October 25, 2022
Minimum wage hikes hurt our least-advantaged workers
By Matthew Lau | October 19, 2022
There’s no ‘labour shortage’ just a surplus of bad government policies
By Vincent Geloso | October 11, 2022