Trudeau's Canada - Low achievement, high self-esteem: Philip Cross in the Financial Post
We feel very good about ourselves — but for no apparent reason, writes Philip Cross in the Financial Post. Below is an excerpt...
It is a cliché to say that democracy is under attack. It has always been imperfect: Philip Cross in the Financial Post
The remedy is to find workarounds for the worst potential excesses of the democratic process, while retaining democratic oversight, writes Philip Cross in...
What if COVID doesn’t end? Philip Cross in the Financial Post
If a mutating virus circulates for an extended period, Canada will have to fundamentally rethink its approach to managing the economy, writes Philip...
Build health care back better: Philip Cross in the Financial Post
Patient care and not phoney bureaucratic metrics or political grandstanding about equality has to be the focus for everyone, writes Philip Cross in...
B.C. shows reducing GHG emissions will be difficult: Philip Cross in the Financial Post
B.C.’s carbon tax had little impact on slowing either economic growth or GHG emissions, writes Philip Cross in the Financial Post. Below is...
The real story behind Canada's cash mountain: Philip Cross in the Financial Post
What emerges is a picture of a household sector saving much more during the pandemic than corporations, writes Philip Cross in the Financial...
Innovation - Elusive, Hard to Measure but Essential: Philip Cross in the National Review
Capitalism best cultivates innovation because it provides the incentive for firms to survive and thrive as well as the freedom to explore, writes...
Canada’s Fall Fiscal Update - Costly, Ineffective, and Misguided: Brian Lee Crowley
Philip Cross’s recent labour market report is a warning about the recklessness of Ottawa putting narrow and contentious political goals above the...
Pandemic relief has hit households and businesses unevenly: Quarterly economic report
OTTAWA, ON (December 22, 2020): Canadian households have been largely shielded from the brunt of the economic woes wrought by COVID-19 lockdown measures....
A year when Big Tech did better than Big Gov: Philip Cross in the Financial Post
Compared with the business sector’s impressive mastery of new technologies, government responses were heavy-handed, lead-footed, and wrong-headed, writes Philip Cross in the Financial...
