Public sector workers took a record number of sick days last year
Expect the disparity between public and private sector sick leave to keep growing
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Economic analysis
Goods and services: Canada’s other two-speed economy
Canada’s service sector is churning out jobs while goods sectors, like manufacturing and the energy industry, continue to falter. That’s not a bad thing.
The cost of carbon pricing in Ontario and Alberta
Claims that carbon pricing will lead to skyrocketing price increases throughout the economy are misplaced at best—and misleading at worst
Will consumers respond to a carbon tax?
An excise tax on gasoline introduced in Newfoundland and Labrador provides fresh evidence of how consumers will respond to carbon taxes in the new year
Trudeau’s pitch for Brand Canada in a Trumped-up world
Trudeau hopes to convince global investors that Canada is a safe harbour against the forces of protectionism and nationalism, but will they listen?
Surviving foreclosure in Alberta: ’I thought I could do it’
In Alberta, a combination of high house prices, soaring personal debt levels and a wave of job losses have pushed many into foreclosure
The Bank of Canada just laid out how the economy could tank
The Bank has taken to YouTube to warn Canadians about the dangers of too much debt and unrealistic house price expectations. Will anyone listen?
Tories want to cut red tape for skilled immigrants. What else is new?
Unless politicians get serious about reaccreditation for skilled immigrants, many newcomers to Canada could see themselves as punchlines to a cruel joke
Grandpa, what’s an interest rate hike?
A generation of workers and borrowers have grown up never knowing that interest rates can also go up. They’re about to learn what it feels like.
B.C.’s new subsidy for homebuyers is pure politics and bad policy
By offering interest-free loans, B.C. is encouraging residents to take on bigger risks, with all the benefits going to existing homeowners and developers