Review: Ontario's Economic Outlook and Fall Fiscal Update 2018
The Ontario government’s annual Economic Outlook and Fall Fiscal Update arrives on the heels of a controversial first quarter for Premier Doug Ford’s new Progressive Conservative government. Campaigning solely on...
Canada’s economic competitiveness lies in an equitable and low carbon future
There has been plenty of fear mongering that Canada must follow U.S. President Trump’s corporate tax cut agenda or face economic devastation. Yet many of the experts, often those not...
Broadbent Reads: Crashed by Adam Tooze
Book Review Adam Tooze. Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World. Viking. New York. 2018 The global economic crisis is now more than a decade old, and...
National security, protectionism and the new trade deal with the United States and Mexico
The Trudeau government has said that the new USMC agreement continues to give us an effective means of resolving bilateral disputes with the United States, allowing us to appeal to...
Corporate-tax cuts are no solution to Canada’s competitiveness problem
The federal government is widely expected to announce a new competitiveness strategy as part of its Fall Economic Statement. Corporate Canada has been lobbying hard for a new round of...
Reflecting on Ocasio-Cortez and a bold opportunity for democratic socialist organizing in Canada
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is breaking new ground and hitting international air waves in her recent win of the democratic nomination over a 20 year sitting Congressman in New York's 14th Congressional...
Why a Carbon Fee and Dividend now makes more sense than ever for Canada
Now that Manitoba has joined Ontario and Saskatchewan in opposition to a carbon tax, what are the realistic political options for the federal government? Economists overwhelmingly support carbon pricing as...
The evidence is clear. Canada needs electoral reform
Aside from the ascendance of newer political parties at the expense of those more established, one of the most significant aspects of Monday’s election in Quebec is what it may...
BC’s electoral referendum could change Canada’s political landscape
A vote for proportional representation in BC’s electoral referendum could boost electoral reform in the provinces or even federally.
Federal Poverty Strategy discounts needs of seniors
The Poverty Reduction Strategy announced by the federal government at the end of August proposes that an official Canadian poverty line be set for the first time and enshrined in...
