economic growth

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Canada’s economy should worry all Canadians no matter their political stripe

Over the last decade, growth in per-person GDP is at its lowest level since the 1930s.


9:18AM
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Cabinet shuffle won’t improve Canada’s weak economic performance

Canada’s average income per person is now lower than income levels in 41 U.S. states.


8:47AM
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Canada’s economy is not booming—it’s stagnating

While the population and federal spending have both risen significantly, growth in real incomes and living standards has stalled.


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Technology is largely neutral, but users are not

While ChatGPT and Google can help us gather information, neither should be accepted uncritically and without review.


3:18PM
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Key measure of economic wellbeing in Canada basically flatlined since 2015

In 2022, real GDP per person remained below the 2019 level and was scarcely higher than five years earlier.


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Stellantis ‘deal’ underscores intrinsic problems with corporate welfare

Federal, provincial and local governments spent more than $352 billion subsidizing firms from 2007 to 2019.


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Possibility of four-day workweek fading as economic growth prospects wane

Canada is expected to record the lowest level of growth in living standards among 32 industrialized countries.