Economic analysis

With little evidence of a serious debate among teachers about economics reform, students are taking the lead

The Tories’ about-face on CPP reform may be driven by politics, but we should welcome the fact that it’s back on the agenda

Given the size of Alberta’s deficit, the Alberta NDP’s tax changes alone won’t be enough to balance the budget by their mandate’s end

In Alberta, Canada’s youngest province, the proverbial fountain of youth is an oil rig

Good economic policy depends on strong job market data, yet the labour statistics for April don’t make any sense

It’s in the nitty gritty of what we sell to the world, where it goes—and where it doesn’t—that the shortfall in Canada’s exports is most glaring

The NDP is right. Higher-income earners will benefit more from the Liberal tax cut plan than the middle class

The child tax program would simplify Canada’s unneccessarily complex tax system while at the same time making it fairer

Wishful thinking can’t triumph over reality forever. And so Canada’s car boom can’t last, either.

With the release of the Liberal’s family tax package, the aim is to reverse almost all the family tax policies implemented by the Conservatives since 2006