On average, food isn’t a big part of the average Canadian’s budget.
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Study found that increasing the minimum wage reduced the employment rate among low-skilled workers by 5.6 percentage points.
I wonder if the recent rise in the "trust gap" might have anything to do with the perception that governments are outrageously inefficient stewards of citizens' money?
Do companies like General Motors or Welspun make investment decisions based on speeches they hear or nice conversations they have with national leaders?
Vancouver's cab-licensing system tempts political patronage and cronyism.
If we eliminate all government-granted monopolies, people could compete with lawyers, even doctors.
Local land-use regulations inhibit the building of new homes, contributing to price increases.
A meaningful discussion about CEO pay should not be based on faulty and misleading statistics.
In neighbouring Burnaby, it takes almost five months less for typical housing development projects to receive a greenlight from city hall, and costs approximately $20,000 less in compliance fees per new dwelling unit.
Thank you for your interest in our blog in 2015. We’re taking a break for the holidays and will resume posting on Jan. 4.
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