Our comparative advantage results from necessity and synergies among successful industries, not academic fads or industrial policy framed in government offices, writes Philip...
Ideally, we would know exactly what is behind an unemployment rate that makes it look like everything is rosy. In the meantime, we...
The APP payroll tax could be significantly less than the CPP rate, which would encourage employers to hire more workers and provide tax...
Alberta’s political leaders must make the political judgement as to whether withdrawing from some federal programs will pressure Ottawa to ease the regulatory...
Evidence shows that past policy attempts to support regional economic development have tended to produce underwhelming results. Sean Speer, Weseem Ahmed, and Lorenzo Gonzalez...
Expect the federal government to go on a spending binge, making it much more difficult to keep debt as a share of GDP...
OTTAWA, ON (November 12, 2019): Continuing its trajectory of modest economic gains, Canada’s economic outlook remains somewhat positive heading into the last few...
OTTAWA, ON (November 12, 2019): The Macdonald-Laurier Institute is pleased to formally welcome Dr. Jack Mintz to the Institute. Dr. Mintz will serve...
We need a whole new direction on innovation. Let’s wind up all the innovation corporate welfare programs and return their budget allocations to...
Despite unprecedented stimulus, Canada’s annual real GDP growth over the past four years has remained stuck in the range of 1.0 to 2.0...
