Ontario electricity prices are significantly higher than they are in neighbouring Quebec.
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Government support for national airplane producers can come at a great cost.
The province’s portion of national GDP growth eclipsed 42 per cent in both 2006 and 2012.
Quebec and B.C. have experienced more labour disruptions than any other province over the past nine years.
It costs an estimated $78,000 per unit to comply with building regulations in Vancouver.
In countries whose currencies have risen against the U.S. dollar, there’s “flow-through deflation” as imports get cheaper.
Twenty Canadian studies find that minimum wage hikes reduce employment opportunities for young workers.
Less business investment means lower productivity for workers, which means lower wages.
The effect of the sharply rising minimum wage has been sharply rising joblessness among Seattle’s low-wage workers.
In three of the world’s richest countries, average real wages are lower today than they were in 2010.
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