To kill innovation, raise personal taxes: Jack Mintz in the Financial Post
We may be pushing out some of our brightest stars to other countries. We lose their expertise and our governments lose their taxes,...
Canada and the Indo-Pacific - Advancing Economic Progress and Helping to Build a Sustainable Future: Amitendu Palit for Inside Policy
Middle powers with strong democratic foundations and progressive outlooks on global trade and economic engagement are sorely needed in the region, writes Amitendu...
Do 'Canadian values' support innovation? Philip Cross in the Financial Post
Many of the values touted by our leaders are not the ones that are most conducive to economic growth, writes Philip Cross in...
Time to turn off the stimulus taps? MLI’s Leading Economic Indicator
OTTAWA, ON (July 14, 2021): The Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s Leading Economic Indicator (LEI) has once again posted growth. This marks 11 consecutive increases in the...
ESG rankings are a mug's game: Jack Mintz in the Financial Post
'Environmental, social and governance' investments cannot be standardized to help make investment decisions: most component measures are simply too subjective, writes Jack Mintz...
Indo-Pacific trade and the economy - The view from Japan: Straight Talk with Tomoaki Ishigaki
OTTAWA, ON (June 25, 2021): Spanning from the West coast of the Americas to the East shores of Africa, the Indo-Pacific region contains...
Lessons from '08-'09 financial crisis don't apply to pandemic downturn: New Quarterly Economic Report
OTTAWA, ON (June 23, 2021): While Canada’s economy seems to be recovering from the COVID pandemic, data from the first quarter of 2021...
That '70s Show - the stagflation rerun: Jack Mintz in the Financial Post
If interest rates rise sharply, we won’t be 'building back better.' We won’t be building back, period, writes Jack Mintz in the Financial...
Canada has worst pandemic economic performance among comparable nations: MLI’s COVID Misery Index
OTTAWA, ON (June 17, 2021): While Canadians are celebrating an improving vaccination rollout and falling case counts, the country is still trailing comparable...
Canada slower than peers at recovering from COVID: MLI's COVID Misery Index
View the full, updated COVID Misery Index (CMI) here. Download the data for the June 17 update here. For more information, including a full...
