Alicia Planincic: Spending on public education has grown while Canada’s student population has shrunk—what’s going on?
29 November 2024
‘They’re voting with their eyeballs’: Sean Speer on the revealed preferences of Canadian news consumers
Howard Anglin: Lament for a Lament
The state of Canada’s economy halfway through 2025
Sean Speer: Don Cherry deserves the Order of Canada
‘Putin has no intention of stopping this war’: Sir Bill Browder on three years of war in Ukraine and how Russia is evading sanctions
‘They’re voting with their eyeballs’: Sean Speer on the revealed preferences of Canadian news consumers
Howard Anglin: Lament for a Lament
The state of Canada’s economy halfway through 2025
Sean Speer: Don Cherry deserves the Order of Canada
‘Putin has no intention of stopping this war’: Sir Bill Browder on three years of war in Ukraine and how Russia is evading sanctions
Alicia Planincic
Alicia Planincic is the Director of Policy & Economics at the Business Council of Alberta. She regularly provides insight and analysis on the Canadian economy, public finances, labour markets, equity and social mobility, and public policy.
Alicia Planincic: Canada’s economy is on track for a soft landing. Will it hold?
20 November 2024
Alicia Planincic: Canada’s dim economic future is not a problem we can afford to take lightly
14 November 2024
Alicia Planincic: Canada’s bloated bureaucracy just keeps on growing
6 November 2024
Alicia Planincic: What will the cut in immigration mean for Canada’s economy?
1 November 2024
Alicia Planincic: Is minimum wage keeping up with inflation?
22 October 2024
Alicia Planincic: Canada’s urban rail construction costs are soaring. But how do we compare to other countries?
17 October 2024
Alicia Planincic: The U.S. economy continues to defy the odds—but where does that leave Canada?
8 October 2024
Alicia Planincic: The bill is coming due on Canada’s NATO commitment
2 October 2024
Alicia Planincic: The immigrants most valuable to the Canadian economy are now the most likely to leave
25 September 2024
Alicia Planincic: Canada has many, many problems, but let’s not take our education edge for granted
17 September 2024
Alicia Planincic: There would be no winners in a Canada-China trade war
10 September 2024
Alicia Planincic: The feds want to reduce immigration. Which provinces are farthest from their targets?
4 September 2024
Alicia Planincic: Tackling poverty does not require addressing income inequality
29 August 2024
Alicia Planincic: Foreign investors are still investing in Canada—but even more money is leaving
20 August 2024
Alicia Planincic: We don’t know how bad crime is in Canada. That’s a problem
13 August 2024
Alicia Planincic: Labour shortages are a thing of the past—for now
6 August 2024
Alicia Planincic: Greece just introduced a six-day work week. Should Canada do the same?
30 July 2024
Alicia Planincic: It’s not just you. The Canadian economy isn’t doing as well as it looks.
23 July 2024
Alicia Planincic: Want to regain support for immigration? Prioritize economic immigrants once again
19 July 2024
