Economic analysis

A federal budget that targets income inequality with ’soak the rich’ tax hikes would anger many executives, but not all of them

While Western provinces have been hit hard by lower oil prices, federal money for retraining unemployed workers has failed to keep pace

Most Canadians believe action should be taken on climate change, and of all the options available, carbon pricing comes with the lowest economic costs

Slapping a carbon price on Canadian goods weakens the ability of Canadians to compete, and measures meant to mitigate the impact won’t work

Trump’s order that for each new regulation added, two regulations must be repealed, is not an effective way to cut red tape. Canada has found a better way.

Either Kevin O’Leary just doesn’t care enough to get it right, or he thinks there’s value in talking about Trudeau’s "trillion-dollar deficit"

While Toronto house prices have soared, the latest census figures show population growth in the city has begun to slow

The Liberals should admit that its commitment to carbon reduction is increasingly untenable, writes a former TransCanada exec

Despite decades of tax cut rhetoric, you really can ask the rich to pay more taxes. Ontario did, and high-priced talent didn’t flee the province.

Some pundits argue the best way to defend Canada’s interests is to ditch Mexico and go it alone on NAFTA 2.0 negotiations. That’s a shortsighted dead end.