Jason Kirby
Jason Kirby is a Toronto-based editor and journalist. Follow him on Twitter: @jason_kirby
Business
Why Shopify’s Tobias Lütke is No. 2 on the 2021 Maclean’s Power List
The software company’s nimbleness and growth during the pandemic has cemented the reputation of its CEO as one of Canada’s foremost business visionaries
Canada
Charts to watch in 2021: The most important Canadian economic graphs for the year ahead
As we prepare to leave this surreal year behind, experts share charts showing what they’ll watch for in the economy in the coming year
Business
This year has proven that the stock market has no bearing on our grim economic reality
Long treated as a key economic indicator by many, it is now completely detached from how the economy is actually doing. (Which is badly.)
Economy
Canada needs a plan to rebuild itself. Let the transformation begin.
Canada is facing a crisis comparable to the Great Depression. Is a total economic rethink our only hope?
Economic analysis
Canada’s economy may never return to what it once was
No, it won’t come roaring back by the summer. Canada is enduring an economic collapse many economists warn will make the Great Recession seem tame by comparison.
Economy
How dormant websites could lead to a better understanding of the COVID-19 crisis
These charts from a Toronto research company with a unique way of collecting survey data show how people are grappling with the coronavirus
Economy
How food supply disruptions from COVID-19 are leading to higher prices for consumers
Q&A: An Ontario farm and trucking operator explains how COVID-19 is making produce more expensive
Economic analysis
Coronavirus plunges Canada’s economy into the abyss
Canada may face an historic downturn, struck by the global pandemic and fuelled by issues that were already haunting the economy
Canada
U.S. cities are better at social distancing than Canadian ones, data show
Data from a trip-planning app shows that while movement has plunged in several Canadian cities, it’s still higher than it should be