Trumping trade and the threat to the liberal trade regime
United States president-elect Donald Trump is widely portrayed as crudely and ignorantly anti “free trade'' and a powerful threat to a benign liberal world order. In fact, he is responding,...
The case against privatization and P3s
When the Liberal party campaigned and won in 2015 on making significant new investments in infrastructure, there was cause for optimism.
Why the sluggish Canadian economy needs a new public investment boost
The Liberal federal government took office just over one year ago, not least because Justin Trudeau promised to boost the economy and help the middle-class through a major increase...
The digital economy will not power a recovery
Economists and pundits are at odds over medium term prospects for the global economy. Pessimists see stagnant growth, rising inequality and growing unemployment and underemployment, widely held to be responsible...
Ed Broadbent: Reflections on a life in politics, Donald Trump victory
Editor's Note: Ed Broadbent was awarded this year's Lifetime Achievement Award at Maclean's Parliamentary of the Year Awards. Here is his acceptance speech, delivered Tuesday night at an awards...
Whiteness trouble: the Left's challenge after Trump
The speed, scale and ferocity of racist attacks across the United States in the wake of Trump’s victory are revealing. Doubly revealing, in fact.
Foreign investment not always a benefit
The federal government heeded the advice of the business dominated Economic Advisory Council and set out a new welcome mat for foreign investors in the recent Economic Statement...
Government action to curb solitary confinement long overdue
Making a prisoner spend four years isolated in a plexiglass cell under the constant glare of artificial light is a form of custody that shocks Canadian sensibilities. It is difficult...
Liberal fiscal plan scales back "historic" infrastructure spending
The Trudeau government's fiscal plan as updated in the Fall Economic Statement meets a number of progressive commitments, but also raises a lot of questions about what can be expected...
Private infrastructure bank not in the public interest
The Advisory Council on Economic Growth chaired by Domenic Barton has proposed to federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau the creation of an independent Canadian Infrastructure Development Bank (CIDB) to help...
