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27 Feb 23

Affordability — not inflation — is the biggest crisis Canada’s economy faces today

Five fiscal approaches could lower costs, tackle long-term affordability, and create more economic resilience.

7 Nov 22

Four ways the fall economic statement could help prepare all of us for the coming recession

Inadequate Employment Insurance. Crumbling health care. Sky-high housing. We are not ready for the coming economic storm. But we can be.

6 Jun 22

Forget inflation, meet stagflation

You thought inflation was bad? Buckle up. Stagflation is making a comeback — the ugly reality where both prices and job loss are on the rise as economies stagnate.

9 May 22

CERB is done, and it’s not coming back. Staring down the barrel of a recession gun, how are we going to fix this?

In the 1990s, EI was deliberately gutted by four rounds of “reform.” It took a pandemic to show us why we urgently need to reverse those changes.

25 Apr 22

Inflation is back to 1991 levels, but that doesn’t mean the federal budget should be a ’90s remix

The federal budgets of 1947 and 1974 both acknowledged global events were shaping the moment, but did not dwell on what they could not control.

11 Apr 22

Deficit is not a dirty word

Tackling the affordability crisis in Canada shouldn’t stop us from also spending big on climate change and defence. Because as an economic superpower we can, we must.

14 Mar 22

Two years into the pandemic, here’s why Ontario behind on the progress the rest of the country has made

An as-yet unsigned child-care deal; the ongoing she-cession; labour shortages; gig work; record inflation. It’s been a tumultuous two years. Where will we go from here?

17 Jan 22

How has the pandemic affected male workers? More of them are working, but there’s a problem

What’s happening to men in the labour force may trigger a reckoning about how we value our paid and unpaid work.

6 Dec 21

The new fiscal federalism will change your life. But how?

How the federal role affects the quantity, quality and costs of care will shape the type of economy and country we live in.

25 Oct 21

Why Canada could be in for an amazing economic renaissance once the government aid taps are turned off

Expect federal help to be extended. But Canada also stands a chance of an economic renaissance as the pandemic revolutionizes how we work and how we access goods and services.