Entrepreneurship

The Weakness of Corporate Investment in Canada, 2001–2021: Identification and Assessment

— Sep 24, 2024

The Weakness of Corporate Investment in Canada, 2001-2021: Identification and Assessment finds that business investment in high-tech and innovative asset categories—crucial to raising living standards—has been significantly weaker in Canada than in the U.S. for the past 20 years, and the gap has grown larger since 2014.

Comparing the Investment Performances of Canada and the United States over the Past Five Decades

— Jul 11, 2024

Comparing the Investment Performances of Canada and the United States Over the Past Five Decades is a new study that finds weak business investment in technologies that increase worker productivity over the past decade is stifling Canada’s economic growth and suppressing improvements in Canadian living standards when compared to other OECD countries—especially the United States, which has only grown in these areas.

Stagnation in Atlantic Canada’s Private Sector: Measuring Progress 2007 to 2019

— Jan 23, 2024

Stagnation in Atlantic Canada’s Private Sector: Measuring Progress 2007 to 2019 is a new study that analyzes the private sector in Atlantic Canada and across the country between 2007 and 2019, finding that the region's private sector trailed the rest of the country, failing to improve over the period.

What is Behind Canada’s Growth Crisis?

— Jul 11, 2023

What is Behind Canada’s Growth Crisis? finds that Canada’s per-person GDP, a common measure of prosperity, is growing at its slowest rate since the 1930s and the Great Depression.

Comparing Business Investment per Worker in Canada and the United States, 2002–2021

— Jun 29, 2023

Comparing Business Investment per Worker in Canada and the United States, 2002–2021 finds that in Canada business investment per worker—a key driver of income gains and living standards—has declined by 20 per cent since 2014.

Recent Entrepreneurship Commentaries and Blog Posts

Ontario’s future as dynamic economy in doubt—if employment trends continue

Livio Di Matteo

A drop in self-employment means a drop in the number of small businesses and a decline in entrepreneurship.

Canadians right to worry about ‘big government’ agenda

Matthew D. Mitchell, Jake Fuss

When governments limit economic freedom, citizens find it harder to buy and sell what they want.

Capital gains tax hike will cause widespread damage in Canadian economy

Jake Fuss, Grady Munro

Appeared in the Globe and Mail, June 12, 2024

If the government wanted to pay for new programs, it could’ve reduced spending in other areas.

Government child-care system squeezing private operators in Alberta

Matthew Lau

Appeared in the Calgary Sun, January 10, 2024

Price control means child-care operators are unable to raise fees to reflect the increased cost of doing business.