The Economic Effects of Banning Temporary Replacement Workers finds that prohibiting businesses from hiring temporary workers during strikes and lock-outs—as is the case in British Columbia and Quebec—discourages business investment, which in turn actually lowers union wages and costs jobs.

Household Debt and Government Debt in Canada finds that, although household debt in Canada increased to more than $2 trillion in 2016—up from $357 billion in 1990—Canadian household assets (real estate, pensions, financial investments and equity in businesses, for example) also increased in value over the same time period to $12.3 trillion last year. But whereas recent increases in Canadian household debt have been accompanied by increases in net worth, the same cannot be said about government debt.

Ontario’s One Cylinder Economy: Housing in Toronto and Weak Business Investment finds that housing in the Toronto area—both homebuilding costs and record high prices—accounted for over a quarter (29.0 per cent) of Ontario’s income growth from 2015 to 2016. With the provincial economy increasingly dependent on Toronto’s housing market for growth, it is especially vulnerable if the market cools.