Who was Barbara Mitchell?

Août 15, 2018 2:59PM

Housing takes centre stage in Toronto election

By

Josef Filipowicz, Steve Lafleur

Seattle’s rental vacancy rate jumped to 5.4 per cent—five times that of the GTA.

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municipal government, housing, housing affordability, homebuilding, homebuyers, rental units, john tory, toronto housing

Août 10, 2018 1:39PM

As developed countries age, the percentage of the population inclined to innovate falls

By

Sasha Parvani, Jason Clemens

There is an increasing need for policies that actively encourage business startups.

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Août 10, 2018 10:17AM

The Saudi-Canada rights/engagement trade-off

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As someone who generally favours less intervention by government, I’m not sure why Ottawa has to express its disapproval of what goes on in other countries.

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Étiquettes:

saudi arabia, trade, foreign relationship

Août 10, 2018 8:38AM

BC is returning to its big spending ways of the 1990s

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After just one full year in power, it seems British Columbians may be seeing history repeat itself with a return to the big spending NDP government of the 1990s.

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Government Spending & Taxes

Étiquettes:

bc deficit, bc government spending, bc economy

Août 7, 2018 6:28PM

Did Prime Minister Trudeau flinch on the federal carbon price backstop?

By

Kenneth P. Green

Expect more “tweaks” to come for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s carbon price backstop with the 2019 election fast approaching.

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Natural Resources

Étiquettes:

carbon taxes, carbon dioxide emissions, carbon pricing, carbon emissions, emissions

Août 2, 2018 2:41PM

New pricing regulations may restrict access to innovative drugs in Canada

By

Bacchus Barua, Kristina M.L. Acri, née Lybecker

Review board’s new reference countries have more limited access to new and innovative drugs.

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pharmaceuticals, prescription drugs, access to new drugs, pharmaceutical innovation, patients, cancer medicine

Août 1, 2018 2:53PM

Learning from the past—rapid deficit-reduction should be a Ford government priority

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In 2017/18, Ontario’s net debt reached $308 billion.

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Government Spending & Taxes

Étiquettes:

ontario government debt, ontario government spending, charles sousa, doug ford, debt and deficits

Juillet 30, 2018 12:01PM

Toronto City Council reduction—a distraction from greater priorities

By

Josef Filipowicz

Ford plan's reported savings represent only $2.33 per Torontonian per year.

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Government Spending & Taxes

Étiquettes:

toronto city hall, doug ford, taxpayers, size of government, ontario amalgamation, municipalities, city council

Juillet 27, 2018 1:45PM

Economists almost unanimous—rising trade barriers not good

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Trade with China may actually have increased manufacturing employment in the United States.

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barriers to trade, tariffs, trade with china, exports, imports, donald trump, trade, trade war, trade deficits

Juillet 27, 2018 9:12AM

The Great Employee Pay Divide in British Columbia

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Charles Lammam, Milagros Palacios

Government workers in B.C. are absent from their jobs for personal reasons 49 per cent more often than private-sector workers.

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Government Spending & Taxes

Étiquettes:

wages, wage gap, retirement, british columbia government, bc government spending, labour, vancouver

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