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The re-opening of the Canada-U.S. land border has been postponed by the government of Canada until at least July 21. At that point it will have been 487 days since…
Read MoreAlberta is in a precarious fiscal position. A new Fraser Institute publication examines the situation and highlights that a new report from the Parliamentary Budget Officer includes Alberta within a…
Read MoreIn examining the trends up to the round of federal provincial budgets released in spring of 2021, former federal deputy minister Louis Lévesque finds that, even prior to the pandemic,…
Read MoreThe House of Commons has adjourned for the summer. But should parliamentarians be preparing for another federal election when they return in the fall? The Hub’s editor at large Sean…
Read MoreThere are rising concerns about income and wealth inequality in liberal democracies as populist backlashes and intensifying incidents of civil unrest emerge throughout the western world. And with the economic…
Read MoreA functioning, well-run society depends, in large measure, on the quality of our education. But can independent schools play a part in civic formation and social cohesion as well, or…
Read MoreWhether or not regulating the internet will even work is one thing, but the justifying premise behind the federal government’s Bill C-10 is fundamentally flawed. The Globe & Mail’s Andrew Coyne and YouTube’s Jeanette Patell lay out the case on the C.D. Howe Institute podcast hosted by Michael Hainsworth.
Read MoreA new research paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research examines how automation is affecting productivity and inequality in America from the period of 1980 and 2016. It finds that wage inequality is in fact being driven by technology-driven automation, and for only modest productivity gains overall.
Read MoreA new Fraser Institute study examines government interest costs and finds that they could increase nearly across the board if interest costs return to 2019-20 levels. All provinces except New Brunswick face increased costs, with the federal government seeing the sharpest increase of nearly 60 percent.
Read MoreNewfoundland & Labrador is facing a budget deficit exceeding $1.8 billion Nova Scotia’s deficit is at $585 million, New Brunswick’s is at $245 million, and Prince Edward Island’s is at…
Read MoreShould the Ontario government specifically try to create growth in the manufacturing sector, or should it simply focus on creating the best possible environment for business, and be indifferent to…
Read MoreFrom the recent discoveries of mass graves at historical residential school sites, to the murder of a Muslim family in Ontario, to a disturbing rise in hate crimes against Muslims,…
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