Five things we learned from Notley’s meeting with oil sands execs
What it will take to restart the oil sands, and what is next for the thousands of workers employed in the sector.
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Economy
Ian Young on Vancouver’s ’freak show’ housing market
A Q&A with the Vancouver correspondent for the South China Morning Post, a keen observer of the city’s housing market and its unaffordability crisis
China is buying Canada: Inside the new real estate frenzy
How China’s affection for Canada’s real estate is reshaping the nation’s housing market well beyond Vancouver
The Fort McMurray wildfire has hit the oil sands hard
Oil sands producers are slashing production due to the fire, and Canada’s economy is feeling the pain
How badly will the fires in Fort McMurray hit the economy?
While the short-term impact on Fort McMurray and Alberta will be deep and painful, the fires may also force a rethink of some oil sands operations
The Canadian upending how the IMF thinks about the economy
The deputy head of the IMF research department, Jonathan Ostry, on why countries with fiscal space to stimulate their economies ’should not sweat the debt’
How Canada became the world’s economic Rorschach test
The idea that Canada has the fix for what ails the world economy—this time, with debt-fuelled stimulus spending—has proven enduringly enticing over the years
Canada’s record on finding tax evaders is dismal
Can a simple appeal to honesty pay dividends?
A toast to Canadian history, freer trade and cheaper beer
What the Fathers of Confederation thought, said and did 150 years ago still matters—as it should. Let’s drink to that.
Ian Young on why Vancouver’s housing market is a ’freak show’
Ian Young, the Vancouver correspondent for the South China Morning Post, on why the city’s housing market is a ’freak show.’