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.

Business

How the pipeline backlash gave a boost to oil exports by rail

The anti-pipeline movement has led to a rail renaissance for crude oil

Money

Canada’s looming pension wars

Boomers are only now starting to take stock of retirement and many don’t like what they see

Economy

How banking upstart Tangerine joined the establishment

Peter Aceto’s scrappy upstart is staying true to its culture

Canada

Saving face: Dissecting Wynne’s pension reform plan

Why Wynne has put a provincial pension at the centre of her plan to right the power imbalance between Ottawa and Ontario

Jobs

Infographic: Where the jobs are in Ontario

Where will PC leader Tim Hudak find those one million jobs?

Life

Working hard or hardly working?

People claim they’re putting in more time at their jobs than ever before. Turns out we toil a lot less than we think.

Economic analysis

A unicorn budget built on delusion and magical math

Where the money will come from for so many lofty new spending commitments isn’t clear, but the Liberals don’t seem bothered

Canada

Labour war: Green energy and foreign workers

The taxpayer-subsidized green energy industry brings in temporary foreign workers

A man walks past a vacant, boarded-up home in Detroit

Real Estate

The Canadian Snowbirds of Detroit

Canadians still love snapping up cheap U.S. real estate, but we’ve traded Florida for Vegas and Detroit.

Economic analysis

Economic blues

Has the Canadian economy been knocked off course?

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