economic growth

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Canada’s economy is not booming—it’s stagnating

While the population and federal spending have both risen significantly, growth in real incomes and living standards has stalled.


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Technology is largely neutral, but users are not

While ChatGPT and Google can help us gather information, neither should be accepted uncritically and without review.


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Key measure of economic wellbeing in Canada basically flatlined since 2015

In 2022, real GDP per person remained below the 2019 level and was scarcely higher than five years earlier.


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Stellantis ‘deal’ underscores intrinsic problems with corporate welfare

Federal, provincial and local governments spent more than $352 billion subsidizing firms from 2007 to 2019.


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Possibility of four-day workweek fading as economic growth prospects wane

Canada is expected to record the lowest level of growth in living standards among 32 industrialized countries.


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Deregulation can help Canada avoid or shorten recessions

Barriers to competition limit the incentives of firms to innovate, cut costs and expand their activities.


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Ontario's economic decline hurting household incomes

The province's median income increased by just 5.4 per cent—less than half the overall growth rate across Canada.