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1. Trudeau government should pivot away from Morneau-era policies of weakness

   Appeared in the Vancouver Sun, August 24, 2020 In touting Bill Morneau’s tenure as federal finance minister, which ended recently with his resignation, the Trudeau government repeatedly pointed to Canada’s low unemployment rate (pre-recession). But the ...

2. Blog series part 2—Incomes, overall income economy grew more slowly under Liberals than before 2008-09 recession

   In the first part of this blog series, we outlined the Trudeau government’s tax and spending policies. In this second part of the series, we look at the results of these policies and their effects on Canadians and the overall economy. The ...

3. Why the Unemployment Rate is No Longer a Reliable Gauge of Labour Market Performance

   The unemployment rate has long been the single measure most used by the media, policymakers, and politicians to gauge overall labour market performance. However, the unemployment rate can decrease for two reasons that imply very different ...

4. Comparing Government and Private Sector Compensation in Canada

   Using data on individual workers from January to December 2015, this report estimates the wage differential between the government and private sectors in Canada. It also evaluates four available non-wage benefits in an attempt to quantify compensation ...

5. Poor policies largely drive Ontario’s lagging labour market performance

   This second post on Ontario’s lack of prosperity focuses on unemployment in the province, a key measure of the performance of the labour market. Recall that the first post illustrated the poor economic growth recorded in the province vis ...

6. Implications of US Worker Choice Laws for British Columbia and Ontario

   This study examines the effects of worker choice laws in the US?commonly referred to as?right to work? (RTW) policies?and applies the findings to British Columbia and to Ontario. RTW laws have been enacted by 24 US states; these laws prohibit collective ...

7. Comparing Public and Private Sector Compensation in Canada

   A lack of non-wage benefits data mean that there is insufficient information to make a definitive comparison of total compensation between the private and public sectors. But the data that are available indicate that the public sector enjoys a clear wage ...

8. Comparing Public and Private Sector Compensation in Ontario

   As Ontario?s provincial government continues to struggle with both deficits and finding ways to constrain spending, there is heightened interest in how wages and non-wage benefits (compensation) in the public sector compare with those in the private ...

9. Comparing Public and Private Compensation in Alberta

   As Alberta?s provincial government continues to struggle with deficits and as it tries to constrain spending, there is heightened interest in how wages and non-wage benefits (i.e., total compensation) in the public sector compare with those in the private ...

10. Measuring Labour Markets in Canada and the United States: 2007 Edition

    This report is the third instalment in ongoing research to assess the performance of labour markets and explain why results differ among jurisdictions. Such indicators of labour performance as job creation, unemployment, and productivity are used to ...