Search

Search results

1. Trudeau government should reform EI program now

   Appeared in the Vancouver Province, August 21, 2020 The Trudeau government recently announced it will move Canadians receiving the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) into the employment insurance (EI) program. Although this news is not surprising, ...

2. 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 ...

3. Trump’s TikTok move sends clear warning to Canadian companies

   Appeared in the Toronto Sun, August 12, 2020 Last week, President Trump signed an executive order banning U.S. transactions with ByteDance, the parent company of the popular online video-sharing service TikTok, ostensibly because TikTok’s U.S. operating ...

4. U.S. cities increase affordability while housing costs rise in Canada’s major centres

   In some Canadian cities, housing costs grew more than 50 per cent faster than incomes. ...

5. 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 ...

6. Changes in the Affordability of Housing in Canadian and American Cities, 2006–2016

   By bringing together workers, capital, businesses, and ideas in a compact geographic market, cities promote improved productivity performance, and thereby faster economic growth and higher real incomes for workers. The affordability of housing in a city ...

7. Productivity growth key to four-day work week in Canada

   Appeared in the Toronto Sun, July 15, 2020 A recent study from the Angus Reid Institute found that a majority of Canadian adults feel it’s a good idea to make a 30-hour work week standard in Canada. Support is highest (64 per cent) at the lowest levels of ...

8. Kenney government eyes sweeping reforms of energy industry

   Appeared in Calgary's Business, July 13, 2020 The Kenney government recently introduced Bill-22 (the Red Tape Reduction Implementation Act), delivering on a campaign promise to streamline regulations across the provincial government. While details ...

9. Canadian workers can achieve four-day work week by doubling productivity growth

   Appeared in Vancouver Province, June 3, 2020 When businesses across Canada begin to reopen as the COVID lockdown slowly lifts, many businesses will stagger hours and reduce the number of employees in confined workspaces. But in fact, the idea of ...

10. Reducing the Work Week Through Improved Productivity

    Increased leisure time is an important contributor to a higher standard of living for Canadians. Obviously, so is increased monetary income which allows Canadians to buy more goods and services. Higher real (inflation adjusted) workplace ...