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While Canada may have been established with the vision of a single free market within our borders, this is not the case today. Unnecessary regulations and tariffs are hindering interprovincial trade and slowing economic growth, especially amongst the poorest provinces according to this report from the Montreal Economic Institute.
Read MoreCanada’s housing market is setting records and doesn’t look to be slowing any time soon, according to this report from RBC Economics. Home resales and new sellers entering the market both reached all-time highs in March, and benchmark prices are up 20% relative to a year ago.
Read MoreCanada should be aggressively seeking to take advantage of the more than US $25 trillion in infrastructure needed in the Indo-Pacific region by 2030. Doing so would grow Canadian businesses and strengthen ties with our allies, say experts in discussion at this Macdonald-Laurier Institute event.
Read MoreDespite our slowing economy, MLI Senior Fellow Philip Cross is concerned that a surge of commodity prices will lead to higher inflation. He outlines his case here in Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s quarterly economic report.
Read MoreDo we still need political parties? Or are they needlessly polarizing? Would scrapping them altogether lead to better politics overall? The Hub’s Sean Speer joins a panel of guests on The Agenda to debate.
Read MoreDemocracy in Hong Kong has been struck a crushing blow in recent weeks with Beijing exercising sweeping new authorities to amend the former British Colony’s Basic Law. What does this mean for Hong Kong and its citizens? Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s Pod Bless Canada podcast explores the issue.
Read MoreJob creation will be right near the top of Canada’s to-do list exiting the pandemic. One sure way to increase jobs is by lowering personal income-tax rates. Dropping the top statutory rate from 33%-29% could result in the creation of 110,000 jobs in the private sector, this Fraser Institute study finds.
Read MoreCanada remains stuck near the bottom of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s COVID Misery Index, netting out at 11th place in this week’s overall combined rankings.
Read MoreIs the world poised for surging rates of increased inflation post-pandemic? Should Canadians be worried about rising prices for years to come? Check out the episode of the Munk Debates podcast to hear Manoj Pradhan and David Rosenberg lay out their cases for and against.
Read MoreThe Canadian job market has become increasingly polarized over the last 30 years, according to this report from Public Policy Forum. What is to be done with the fact that there are few and fewer opportunities for mid-skilled workers?
Read MoreIs the “Great Stagnation” of the post-1970s set to end with the arrival of new innovations? Or is our lack of true progress and sluggish economic growth set to continue even post-pandemic? James Pethokoukis hosts a panel to discuss on American Enterprise Institute’s Political Economy podcast.
Read MoreMatthew Mendelsohn offers a heartfelt challenge to employers in the public policy community: make a concerted effort to hire more young students and recent grads. His post for First Policy Response makes the case that kickstarting the careers of this cohort is a collective responsibility post-pandemic.
Read MoreSpeaking on the C.D. Howe Institute podcast, Dr. Jennifer Robson and Ken Boessenkool dispute the need for a new nationalized childcare system, instead offer recommendations from their latest report on how we can strengthen the system instead.
Read MoreFirst Nations communities are being hit especially hard by COVID-19’s third wave, writes Melissa Mbarki, Policy Analyst and Outreach Coordinator at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. It’s time to get serious about dealing with the many problems Indigenous Canadians face.
Read MorePublic health waitlists cost Canadians more than $2.8 billion in 2020, per the Fraser Institute study The Private Cost of Public Queues for Medically Necessary Care, 2021. That is an average cost of $2,254 per individual when distributed amongst the 1.2 million Canadians who spent time on a waitlist.
Read MoreThe pandemic has drastically slowed economic growth. But even prior to COVID-19, Canada’s economy had been sluggish. Positioning ourselves for not just recovery, but true growth in our post-pandemic age is vital, argue Sean Speer and Nikita Perevalov in a report for Public Policy Forum.
Read MoreCanada has a tough time building things. Not just pipelines, but increasingly linear infrastructure projects in general. Getting to Yes on Linear Infrastructure Projects is a collection of essays published by the Macdonald Laurier Institute that seeks to deal with these shortcomings and offers recommendations for synthesizing Indigenous rights and economic prosperity for all.
Read MoreWho can credibly speak for a First Nation? A contentious question, but an important one to answer in Canada as disputes over governance, land rights, and infrastructure projects are persistent. University of Alberta professors Malcolm Lavoie and Moira (Wolstenholme) Lavoie explore this issue in a new paper.
Read MoreIndustrial policy gets a bad rap in some circles, but it may be justified in some areas, writes Francis Fukuyama in American Purpose. Protecting hi-tech supply chains and transitioning to low-carbon technologies are two such areas, he argues.
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