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  1. Labour Policy Commentary Archive
  2. Labour Policy Commentary Archive

Labour Policy Commentary Archive

Canada’s federal bureaucracy expanding rapidly at your expense
By Matthew Lau | August 30, 2024
Canada’s dismal growth prospects should raise alarm bells in New Brunswick
By Alex Whalen | August 12, 2024
Canada living standards falling behind rest of developed world
By Alex Whalen, Milagros Palacios, Lawrence Schembri | July 29, 2024
B.C.’s minimum wage hike hurts workers
By Tegan Hill | June 17, 2024
Federal politicians of all stripes protect union workers at expense of other workers
By Matthew Lau | June 7, 2024
Federal government’s ‘fudget budget’ relies on fanciful assumptions of productivity growth
By Niels Veldhuis, Jake Fuss | April 23, 2024
Government-sector job growth dwarfs private-sector job growth across Canada
By Ben Eisen | November 21, 2023
Federal government’s number spinning misrepresents job growth realities
By Matthew Lau | October 5, 2023
Minimum wages hurt the working poor
By Matthew Lau | July 28, 2023
The one big growth industry of the Trudeau years—the bureaucracy
By Herbert Grubel | July 19, 2023
Ontario government’s ‘working people’ legislation will hurt working people
By Matthew Lau | June 23, 2023
Smith government should be cautious in wage negotiations with provincial employees
By Ben Eisen, Tegan Hill | May 31, 2023
Possibility of four-day workweek fading as economic growth prospects wane
By Jason Clemens, Steven Globerman, Milagros Palacios | May 18, 2023
AI unlikely to trigger an employment apocalypse
By Jock Finlayson | April 19, 2023
Ottawa should reject unrealistic union demands as federal strike looms
By Alex Whalen, Jake Fuss | April 18, 2023
Canadians should celebrate decline of private-sector unions
By Matthew Lau | March 17, 2023
Newfoundland and Labrador government should review government wage bill
By Ben Eisen, Alex Whalen | February 16, 2023
P.E.I. government should target government wages to save money
By Ben Eisen, Alex Whalen | February 6, 2023
New Brunswick government should target government wages to save money
By Ben Eisen, Alex Whalen | January 26, 2023
Nova Scotia government should target government wages to save money
By Ben Eisen, Alex Whalen | January 24, 2023
Canada’s demographic crisis threatens incomes and living standards
By Steven Globerman | October 25, 2022
Minimum wage hikes hurt our least-advantaged workers
By Matthew Lau | October 19, 2022
There’s no ‘labour shortage’ just a surplus of bad government policies
By Vincent Geloso | October 11, 2022
Job growth in private sector remains weak despite rosy headlines
By Ben Eisen, Milagros Palacios | September 6, 2022
Recession may strike despite Canada’s low unemployment rate
By Tegan Hill, Alex Whalen | August 25, 2022