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1. 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. ...

2. 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. ...

3. 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 ...

4. 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 ...

5. 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 ...

6. Wake up—Canada has a business investment crisis

   Appeared in the National Newswatch, October 24, 2018 Capital investment is the lifeblood of economic growth and, therefore, of higher living standards. Increased capital, both tangible (machinery, equipment) and intangible (software, for example), boosts ...

7. Trudeau government must act now on trade, taxes as possible recession looms

   Appeared in the Moncton Times & Transcript, September 28, 2018 As Parliament resumes, Canada’s policymakers face a turbulent state of affairs as the United States and China wage an economic Cold War armed with tariffs and Ottawa continues negotiating ...

8. The Canadian economy at the precipice

   Appeared in Business in Vancouver, September 18, 2018 Any projection of the Canadian economy’s trajectory depends heavily upon one’s outlook for the ongoing NAFTA negotiations. If the United States and Canada renew NAFTA, the outlook for Canada’s economy ...

9. Economists and media fuel confusion on Canada’s economy and economic policy

   Appeared in the Vancouver Sun, November 3, 2017 As the old joke goes, why did God create economists? To make weatherman look good. At times like this, nothing could be closer to the truth (full disclosure, we’re economists). On Monday, Statistics Canada ...

10. Canada no longer among top 10 most economically free countries

    Appeared in the Winnipeg Sun, October 6, 2017 Photo courtesy of Canada 2020 In a global ranking of 159 countries and territories, Canada has fallen from the top 10 countries in economic freedom for the first time ever—and things are getting worse. ...