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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. End of the Chrétien Consensus?

     The Chrétien Consensus was an implicit agreement that transcended political party and geography regarding the soundness of balanced budgets, declining government debt, smaller and smarter government spending, and competitive taxes that emerged in the ...

3. The Importance of International Trade to the Canadian Economy: An Overview

   In 2015, exports accounted for 31.5% of GDP, up from 25% before Canada signed a series of free trade agreements starting in 1988. Exports were 36% of GDP before the global recession began in 2008. Value-added exports, which subtract the imports embedded ...

4. Comparing Recent Economic Performance in Canada and the United States: A Provincial and State-Level Analysis

   Conventional wisdom holds that Canada weathered the global financial crisis and recession better than most industrialized countries, particularly the United States. It is certainly true that overall, Canada has performed better economically than the ...

5. Canadian Government Debt 2014

   With Canadian governments having returned to deficit-financed spending, the growth in direct government debt has re-emerged as a serious public policy issue in Canada. The net direct debt of all three levels of government increased from $872.2 billion to ...

6. Killing the Economic Engine: Is Policy Uncertainty Stalling US and Canadian Economic Growth?

   Policy conflict and fiscal crisis in the United States and Europe have spurred concerns about policy uncertainty and its economic effects. Many policymakers, businesspeople, and the media suggest that the political crisis in Washington is leading firms ...

7. Learning from the Past: How Canadian Fiscal Policies of the 1990s Can Be Applied Today

   Learning from the Past: How Canadian Fiscal Policies of the 1990s Can Be Applied Today provides a historical overview that identifies parallels between the fiscal challenges facing Canadian governments in the 1990s and those facing governments in 2011.  ...

8. Fraser Forum- May 2010: 2008/2009 Recession

   In this issue: Canada fares well in annual Mining Survey by Fred McMahon and Miguel Cervantes Mining industry executives have rated Quebec the world’s best jurisdiction for mineral exploration and development for the third straight year. Ontario’s 2010 ...

9. Canadian Government Debt 2008

   The net direct debt of all three levels of government in Canada fell from $800.4 billion to $791.2 billion between 2000/01 and 2004/05. This is a small drop compared to the growth since 1990/91 when net debt was $533 billion. There are several reasons ...

10. Canadian Government Debt 2006

    The net direct debt of all three levels of government in Canada fell from $832.7 billion to $798.4 billion between 1999/2000 and 2003/2004. This is a small drop compared to the growth since 1990/1991 when net debt was $533 billion. There are several ...