If elections are about the economy, what will this one be about?Paul Wells: Chambers and Councils of Canadian capitalism seem unhappy with the Liberals—for reasons they can’t quite seem to spell out
Trudeau/Morneau’s book of surprisesPaul Wells: The election-year budget is sprinkled with what money TruMorn could scrap together. And buried deep inside is a big headache for journalists.
How to grow the economy while also protecting the environmentOpinion: There is $26 trillion to be had in clean growth and the right kind of regulations could help Canadian businesses grab a big share of it
The Liberals need to offer some government for the peopleTom Parkin: Bill Morneau’s fall economic update gave big for business, and ignored a much bigger issue—crushing household debt
Bill Morneau’s fall economic update: Watch hereHeading into an election year, Canada’s finance minister releases an interim report on the Liberal government’s fiscal plan
Progressive corporate tax reform? It’s not as crazy as it sounds.Kevin Milligan: Ratcheting the corporate tax rate up or down doesn’t grow the economy or improve tax fairness. Here’s a smarter approach.
What it would really take to close the gender wage gapPeter Shawn Taylor: A look at Nordic countries reveals the big obstacle to eliminating gender pay gaps is the preferences of female workers themselves
The unemployment rate is meaningless and we should scrap itOur editorial: The statistic used to be a good proxy for the state of the economy, but those days are gone. It’s time to revise what we measure.
Why Trans Mountain is a bad deal for Canadian taxpayersOPINION: Understanding incentives are the core of any smart economic policy. The Trudeau government seems to have a shaky grasp of that fact.
Can protesters still stop the Trans Mountain pipeline?Ottawa’s takeover of Trans Mountain may hurt B.C.’s efforts to obstruct the expansion project, but protesters say it has ’lit a fire’ under them