Lack of innovation is crippling Maritime recovery: Philip Cross in the Telegraph Journal
Implementing changes to bolster a more entrepreneurial culture will take time, but less than the decades already wasted on government efforts to boost...
COVID-19 destroyed. Now we must let innovators create: Philip Cross in the Financial Post
Growing our economy requires cultivating an entrepreneurial mindset, not grandiose plans for more government spending, writes Philip Cross in the Financial Post. Below is...
New MLI paper by Philip Cross: Fixing Canada’s Chronic Lack of Innovation
OTTAWA, ON (September 15, 2020): As the Canadian economy recovers from the devastation wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown, Canada’s ability...
Independent agencies should not swim with the sharks: Philip Cross in the Financial Post
Independent agencies should stick closely to their mandate and avoid taking on tasks that plunge them into political waters, writes Philip Cross in...
Canada’s economy posts tepid, narrowly-based growth: MLI’s Leading Economic Indicator
OTTAWA, ON (September 3, 2020): For the first time since February, the Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s Leading Economic Indicator posted positive growth, suggesting that the economy...
The real problem with the CPI: Philip Cross in the Financial Post
Perhaps the bank’s focus on short-term problems in the CPI is enough for its two per cent target for annual inflation, but it...
Our V- and L-shaped recovery: Philip Cross in the Financial Post
Hundreds of thousands of Canadians are waiting for jobs in business, personal and transportation services industries to return, writes Philip Cross in the...
Restore market forces to end Ontario's hydro morass: Philip Cross in the Financial Post
The only way to cut the Gordian knot of Ontario’s electricity mess is to restore competition and market pricing writes Philip Cross in...
A lot of businesses will be in deep trouble this fall: Philip Cross on BNN Bloomberg
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently announced that he would be seeking the advice of former Governor of Bank of Canada Mark Carney to...
What Canada’s Response to the Pandemic Says about Canada — and the US: Philip Cross in the National Review
Canada’s response to the pandemic helped it contain the virus in the short run but it is a sign of the country’s shortcoming...
