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1. Next federal government should spur business investment to help raise living standards

   A majority of industries in Canada reduced investments in machinery, equipment and intellectual property products. ...

2. Industry-Level Private Sector Capital Expenditures in Canada: 1990-2019

   Recent concerns about Canada’s industrial competitiveness compared to that in other developed countries, particularly the US, have focused on declines in private sector capital expenditures, especially in asset categories such as machinery and ...

3. Capital Investment in Canada’s Provinces: A Provincial Report

   Previous research by the Fraser Institute has documented a substantial decline in capital investment after 2014. The decline was especially marked for business investment and, within that category, for machinery and equipment and intellectual property ...

4. Private Sector Capital Expenditures in Canada: An Industry-Level Analysis

   There has been much debate recently about Canada’s industrial competitiveness compared to other developed countries, particularly the US. In particular, concerns have been raised about recent declines in private sector capital expenditures, especially in ...

5. Canadian policymakers should learn from Trump's supply-side success

   Appeared in the Globe and Mail, January 16, 2019 The election of President Trump and a Republican Congress in 2016 spurred another experiment in supply-side economics, which should interest policymakers in Ottawa and the provinces. Specifically, Congress ...

6. The Flight of Capital From Canada

   A host of economic measures indicate that Canada continues to underperform when it comes to business investment, which is crucial for improving living standards and generating prosperity, according to recent research published by the Fraser Institute, an ...

7. 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 ...

8. Capital Investment in Canada: An International Comparison

   Capital investment contributes to economic growth and higher standards of living through its link to increased labour productivity and technological change. The growth rate of overall capital expenditures in Canada slowed substantially from 2005 ...

9. Capital Investment in Canada: Recent Behaviour and Implications

   The growth of overall capital investment in Canada slowed substantially from 2005-2017 compared to earlier periods—and was lower than in virtually any period since 1970. Further, the share of business investment in total capital investment ...

10. Turmoil in Washington may have immediate consequences for Canada

    This week, Gary Cohn, President Trump’s top economic advisor, resigned, allegedly because he disagreed with the president’s plan for tariffs on imported steel and aluminum. After the tariffs announcement, several Republican politicians ...