Economy

The province’s economy is in free fall, it has more deaths than births and an ugly language war to rival Quebec’s

Prices in Canada’s housing market are totally going to keep rising at 17 per cent a year, right? Right?

Despite growing awareness of the wage gap between men and women, little progress has been made over the last two decades to close it

Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz is a big fan of metaphors, so here are a few to explain why negative interest rates are a bad idea for Canada

Climate change rules and new competition are creating big problems for Canada’s cement industry

There’s little agreement on what, if anything, should be done about foreign home buyers in Canada. Here’s what some other countries have done.

Provinces can—and should—use carbon tax revenue to offer rebates to households and businesses, writes Mark Cameron

Despite the low loonie and the hype around the foreign takeovers of Rexall and Rona, Canadian companies are cross-border shopping in a big way, too

A report from Kijiji about Canada’s booming second-hand marketplace offers a look at how struggling families make ends meet

Israel’s chief scientist explains why the country has the highest concentration of startups in the world. Are there lessons for Canada?