Protracted lockdowns slowly strangle the economic and social life of the country.
COVID
February 2, 2021
9:15AM
The provincial government contracted several private surgical clinics to help clear the backlog.
January 27, 2021
10:23AM
This fiscal year, the wage subsidy program will cost $4,100 per member of the Canadian workforce.
January 8, 2021
10:09AM
Governments in Canada are experts at imposing rules and regulations rather than incentives.
January 8, 2021
9:30AM
November 5, 2020
9:52AM
Since the 1970s, Canada’s spending-to-GDP ratio has always been larger than the ideal range to maximize economic growth.
November 4, 2020
9:56AM
Federal government spending is expected to increase by more than 68 per cent in 2020-21.
November 4, 2020
9:46AM
At $38,000, the benefit it begins to get “clawed back” at a rate of 50 cents on the dollar.
October 28, 2020
10:08AM
The relative size of government in Canada is well beyond the “optimal” size for promoting productivity growth.