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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. Economic Freedom of the World: 2021 Annual Report

    The index published in Economic Freedom of the World measures the degree to which the policies and institutions of countries are supportive of economic freedom. The cornerstones of economic freedom are personal choice, voluntary exchange, freedom to enter ...

  3. Ottawa and others provide comfort for Cuban regime

    President Miguel Diaz-Canel has essentially called for violence against protesters. ...

  4. Reality check—the dangers of debt accumulation

    Canada's total government debt now equals 107 per cent of GDP. ...

  5. For freedom’s sake, rate Hong Kong

    The Heritage Foundation has dropped Hong Kong from its 2021 Index of Economic Freedom. ...

  6. COVID will cast long shadow over future generations

    An OECD study suggested a 3 per cent COVID-related lifetime loss in income. ...

  7. Alberta’s woes threaten Canada’s finances from coast to coast

    Ottawa annually pocketed $22 billion more in revenue from Alberta than it spent in the province. ...

  8. Governments in Atlantic Canada should increase space for the private sector

    Appeared in the Halifax Chronicle Herald, January 29, 2021 The scale of Atlantic Canada’s dependence on Ottawa and the inflow of “gift money”—the difference between federal expenditures and revenues—is seldom understood. But this influx of money-from ...

  9. Fiscal Federalism and the Dependency of Atlantic Canada

    Fiscal federalism, the massive and unbalanced flow of federal money to and from the provinces, will create a huge fiscal challenge going forward for at least three reasons: economic difficulties emerging after the COVID-19 pandemic, the overhang of ...

  10. Hope springs eternal for freedom worldwide

    A freedom recedes globally, the question is whether the tide has turned for good. Pessimism is in order for the short-run (say 20 years), but history provides hope for the long-run. The just released Human Freedom Index 2020: A Global ...