Stephen Gordon

Stephen Gordon is an economics professor at l'Université Laval in Quebec City. He started the blog Worthwhile Canadian Initiative in 2005 and has been blogging about economics ever since.

Canada’s Finance Minister Jim Flaherty delivers the federal budget in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa

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The return of the federal structural deficit?

Even the Department of Finance’s own figures suggest the red ink is here to stay

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The longer Stephen Harper is Prime Minister... the longer taxes will stay low

Stephen Gordon updates a telling chart

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Canada’s labour market is closer to ’normal’ than you think

We’re in better shape than the U.S. or the U.K.

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Have federal public sector workers really not seen any real wage growth?

The trend in the wage data doesn’t fit the PBO’s narrative, says Stephen Gordon

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Seriously, no need to measure up to the U.S. on corporate tax rates

Uncle Sam is in a different league, writes Stephen Gordon

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What’s the big deal about the new securities regulator, anyway?

Stephen Gordon explains

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I bet you didn’t know Canadian wages increased during the recession

For those who kept their job, it’s been sort of a sweet ride

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The federal deficit is ’on track’ — but to where?

Stephen Gordon on why Budget 2014 promises to be interesting

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Income stagnation and inequality: It’s not about the middle class

It’s about the poor, says Stephen Gordon

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To Justin Trudeau and Chrystia Freeland, RE: the middle class

Where’s the ’devastating hollowing’ out?

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