Jay Goldberg: Canada’s debt and deficit levels could spiral fast
Experts worry Canada is on a trajectory that will lead to run-away spending and major government debt.
Experts worry Canada is on a trajectory that will lead to run-away spending and major government debt.
There are countless Canadians who view big city housing prices as an insurmountable obstacle to participating in these lucrative labour markets.
The ambition of any business is to crush the competition but for these teams the goal was to crush the very idea of competition itself.
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland refrained from action in the banking sector despite the need for reform in a critical area of the economy that has too often been slow to change.
Polling suggests the public will give governments the benefit of the doubt for once-in-a-century pandemics, making them non-political events. Until it becomes clear that your country is not keeping up.
The ability to get big things done is not simply the result of effective technocrats being given the space to execute like experts. It requires the clarity of vision that comes from bold, risk-taking leadership.
Why not let the market decide? Canadians can decide what they want to eat and farmers can sell their products without billions in subsidies and we will see who is willing to pay the true cost of meat.
By injecting dollars into provincial programs prior to reaching agreements with the provinces, Ottawa has gotten things a little backwards. Still, there are good reasons to think we can muddle towards a better outcome if they really want to do so.
The fact that Trade Wars are Class Wars won the Lionel Gelber Prize is a sign that its ideas hold sway with elites. Fiscal spending and full employment are in vogue, challenging bedrock conservative values.
While money laundering may be increasingly prominent in pop culture, it has also been the subject of frontpage exposés in our national newspapers.
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