Tamsin McMahon

Maclean’s associate editor Tamsin McMahon covers business and the economy. Previously she has written about crime and politics for several Canadian newspapers and has been nominated for a Michener Award and a National Newspaper Award.

Life

Seniors and the generation spending gap

Why are we doing so much to try to help seniors when they’re already the wealthiest generation in history?

News

Maclean’s cover preview: Old and loaded

A sneak peek at our latest cover story, on newsstands this week

Economic analysis

Statistics Canada rewrote our story on Statistics Canada

The federal agency submitted its own version of our story on its botched July job numbers

Economic analysis

How StatsCan lost 42,000 jobs with the stroke of a key

A minor computer update became a national embarrassment

Ottawa

We already have answers to violence against Aboriginal women

The solutions are there, should we care to act on them

Business

The activist investor behind the Burger King-Tim Hortons deal

It’s not the first time Bill Ackman has had a hand in the marriage between Tim Horton’s and an American burger chain

Canada

Why fixing First Nations education remains so far out of reach

Aboriginal youth face a fate that should horrify Canadians and there’s an obvious fix

Economic analysis

Statistics Canada responds

Economic analysis

Here’s where Statistics Canada found 42,000 new jobs

Statistics Canada adds thousands of new jobs in Ontario and Quebec. The public sector and teachers get a big boost

Economic analysis

Uncovering the mystery of Statistics Canada’s disappearing jobs

Summer vacation wreaks havoc with our employment data

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