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1. Eliminating patent rights for COVID vaccines will do more harm than good

   Pharmaceutical companies heavily rely on patents as their main vehicle to protect intellectual property. ...

2. Reforming Employment Insurance for the 21st Century

   Notwithstanding the long history of unemployment insurance programs in Canada, as well as substantial modifications to the programs over time, employers, researchers, and even the current federal government continue to express concerns about the existing ...

3. Post-COVID recovery should encourage growth of private sector in Canada

   Appeared in the Calgary Sun, October 28, 2020 All developed economies, including Canada, face economic restructuring challenges post-COVID. Labour and capital must be reallocated across industrial sectors and locations, new investments must be made in ...

4. The Issues Facing Canada's Employment Insurance Program

   Is Canada’s employment insurance (EI) program designed to ensure fairness, economic efficiency, and financial viability while providing adequate support to all Canadians who involuntarily lose their jobs? The purpose of this paper is to explore this ...

5. Artificial intelligence joins humans in fight against COVID-19

   Appeared in Edmonton Sun, May 27, 2020 As the COVID crisis continues, Albertans and all Canadians would surely welcome some good news among the bleak headlines. So consider this—we’ve learned a lot over the past few months about the remarkable ability of ...

6. U.S. COVID experience highlights risks of centralized management of health care

   While it will take a long time to assess and learn lessons from the COVID pandemic crisis, the U.S. experience will be worthy of particular study. As of May 1, the United States accounted for about one-third of the world’s confirmed ...

7. Deregulation now—and in the post-COVID world

   Appeared in the Globe and Mail, April 24, 2020 Hopefully, the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic will soon be behind us. Economists are debating the likely speed and vigour of a post-COVID economic recovery, but it seems fair to conclude that government ...

8. Canada does not need a modern ‘Marshall Plan’ after COVID

   In the coming months, the federal government will receive numerous suggestions for how to kickstart the economy after the COVID crisis passes. One such suggestion from Jim Stanford, former chief economist for the Canadian Auto Workers ...