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1. 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 ...

2. Trade deal will hurt—not help—COVID vaccine mission

   The biopharmaceutical industry is uniquely prepared to combat COVID-19. ...

3. COVID creating a backlog of cancelled elective surgeries in Canada

   COVID creating a backlog of cancelled elective surgeries in Canada ...

4. COVID creating a backlog of cancelled elective surgeries in Canada

   The COVID-19 crisis has led many provinces to take drastic measures to both limit the spread of virus and ensure scarce medical resources are available in the event of a surge in cases. One of these measures involves the cancellation of ...

5. Pandemics, social upheaval and government spending

   Federal deficit estimates range from $100 billion to $200 billion for fiscal year 2020-21. ...

6. Trudeau government must produce plan to help one of Canada’s most important sectors

   Canada’s energy sector employed (directly and indirectly) and supported more than 830,000 jobs. ...

7. Supply management impedes supermarkets from keeping pace with demand

   If you’ve gone to the supermarket recently, you might have noticed that several items are in short supply. As concerns mount over the COVID-19 pandemic, global supply chains have been challenged to keep up with increased demand for ...

8. Revisions to ‘wage subsidy’ program leave many questions unanswered

   In what seems like a constant evolution of responses to the COVID-19 health and economic crisis, the federal government on Wednesday—April Fool’s no less—attempted to clarify the expanded wage subsidy program announced by the prime ...

9. Crises—an ideal time for the state to grab power

   Appeared in the National Post, March 31, 2020 It has been 800 years since the Magna Carta. Governments everywhere now aspire to tear down the concept that it helped establish—the rule of law. In Ottawa last week, where Parliament passed emergency ...

10. Ontario’s mini-budget shows provincial deficit will increase

    This week, the Ontario government published a Fiscal and Economic Update, which will essentially serve as a “mini-budget,” laying out the government’s revenue projections and spending plans for this year. The update shows the province’s ...