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1. Canada’s Faltering Business Dynamism and Lagging Innovation

   Canada displays many of the same symptoms of business malaise evident in European nations. Real GDP growth over the past decade was the slowest since the 1930s, productivity has stalled, and reduced competitiveness has hampered our ability to capitalize ...

2. Canada slipping in terms of economic freedom

   Canada dropped to 14th in the new Economic Freedom of the World report, down slightly from 13th the previous year. ...

3. Ottawa’s ballooning debt and deficits should be major campaign issue

   Canada has the fifth-highest level of total government debt among 29 industrialized countries. ...

4. Scoring the economic performance of Canada’s last five prime ministers

   The 2016-2019 period had the weakest economic performance of the five periods analyzed. ...

5. National economy relies heavily on Toronto and Vancouver housing markets

   A recent Fraser Institute study showed that over the past decade, economic growth in British Columbia has heavily relied on the residential housing boom in the Lower Mainland. B.C.’s growth has been highly leveraged directly to housing ...

6. Stimulus spending will likely harm Canadian economy—not help it

   Appeared in National Newswatch, June 25, 2020 As the federal and provincial governments shift their focus to economic recovery, there will be heightened calls for fiscal stimulus in an attempt to kick-start the economy. However, a new study by the Fraser ...

7. Trudeau government should cut strings on Ottawa’s ‘re-opening’ support

   Appeared in the Edmonton Sun, June 17, 2020 The Trudeau government plans to provide $14 billion in financial support for provincial governments across the country. However, late last week, the CBC reported a phone call between the prime minister and ...

8. Canada must tailor trade practises for post-COVID world

   The effects of COVID-19 will transform the international world order and affect Canada’s role in it. First, the meteoric rise of China, with its aspirations of world leadership and greater respect, will come to a crashing halt. Despite ...

9. Media fuels Morneau’s state of denial

   Appeared in the National Post, September 6, 2019 When economic information is released on a Friday before a long weekend, you can assume there’s a strategic reason, which usually results in the sound of crickets from the media. But that sure wasn’t the ...

10. The finance minister said what? Part 4

    Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau (pictured above) appeared this weekend on CTV’s Question Period to present the government’s case for its economic and fiscal policies, which were reflected in the fall economic update released last ...