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February 17, 2017
9:17AM
Alberta tax policies have moved in the wrong direction, reducing the incentive to invest and create jobs.
December 6, 2016
3:21PM
Tax reform key to increasing investment in British Columbia.
April 19, 2016
3:00AM
Growth of U.S. government spending and borrowing might crowd out private-sector investment in the U.S. from Canada.
April 15, 2016
3:00AM
Political pressures surrounding attempts to attract or sustain investment from high-profile foreign businesses can be overwhelming.
November 23, 2015
3:00AM
The appointment of Bill Morneau as minister of finance is particularly interesting because of his involvement in the world of public policy think-tanks. In recent years, the Fraser Institute and the C.D. Howe Institute (where Mr. Morneau recently served as Chair) have both produced important research that provides insights that can help guide the policy decisions of the new finance minister on a number of different files. This series of blog posts will highlight a number of key policy areas where Mr. Morneau’s think-tank experience can be especially useful.
November 16, 2015
3:54PM
There are clear parallels between the campaigns and governing approaches of President Obama and the Trudeau Liberals.
November 3, 2015
4:00AM
Business investment is no longer the driving force of capital formation in Ontario. In its place, investment by the public sector has nearly doubled.
October 30, 2015
4:00AM
U.S. President Calvin Coolidge said in 1925 that “The chief business of the American people is business,” a line often mis-quoted as “The business of America is business.” No Canadian prime minister has ever dared be so pro-business.
March 21, 2015
6:00AM
As everyone from the Manitoba-Ontario border to Tofino knows, the local and provincial economies, which depend on resource extraction, have slowed.