You can argue with whether or not we are living in a true modern tyranny, but regardless, many of the problems raised in Sohrab Amari’s new book are resolvable without reimposing industrial regulatory measures.
This episode of In Conversation with David Frum features the causes and consequences of a possible Chinese economic crisis and what it would mean for Canada and the global economy more broadly. They also cover renewed calls to criminalize so-called “Indian residential schools denialism”.
Too many Canadians are financially illiterate. We need to set young Canadians up for success by implementing or enhancing financial literacy programs in our high schools.
Housing is slated to be a major topic at this week’s federal government’s cabinet retreat. Some analysts, however, are skeptical and do not believe the federal government is actually all that serious about making homes more affordable.
The recent return of inflation closer to its two percent target simply means prices are rising at a more normal pace, not that affordability has improved—these challenges are going to persist for many years to come.
This is the seventh episode of The Hub’s bi-weekly series featuring Sean Speer in conversation with award-winning journalist and best-selling author Amanda Lang. The two discuss the Bank of Canada’s latest hike to its benchmark interest rate including some of the factors behind persistently high inflation and the political economy consequences of a higher interest rate environment.
Canada’s central bank raised its primary policy interest rate to 5 percent, the tenth increase since early last year, when the rate was barely above zero. We’re now at levels not seen since 2001, and the speed of the increase exceeds any in over four decades.
With a single vote in the House of Commons last month, the Conservative Party seemed to end two decades of opposition to a national child care program.
This episode of Hub Dialogues features host Sean Speer in conversation with the influential author and thinker Michael Lind, about his provocative new book, Hell to Pay: How the Suppression of Wages Is Destroying America.
Chile has one of the richest and most successful economies in South America. Now, their socialist president threatens to abolish the “neoliberal model” that brought them their prosperity.
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