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As Canada begins to ease into post-pandemic life, what exactly that life will look like is still to be determined. One particularly contentious issue is the proposal of vaccine passports.…
Read MoreAs trying as the pandemic has been, it would have been even more difficult and disruptive without the recent advancements in our information technology. To some extent or another, we…
Read MoreMassive infrastructure projects are on the horizon as Canada looks to boost our recovering economy and provide lasting benefits to our communities. A new report from Cardus addresses, from the…
Read MoreFinding ways to encourage the vaccine hesitant to get a shot has led to some creative campaigns. But a pair of studies from the Behavior Change for Good Initiative at…
Read MoreThere seems to be a dissonance between the major works of economist and philosopher Adam Smith that scholars have, fittingly, called the “Adam Smith Problem.” Is there an inconsistency between…
Read MoreThe Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s Leading Economic Indicator (LEI) has been updated this week, and once again it shows that Canada is experiencing economic growth as it emerges from the pandemic. This…
Read MoreOxyContin first became available in 1996. Since then, opioid deaths have increased five-fold in America. A recent National Bureau of Economic Research paper lays out the stark situation: “Nearly 850,000…
Read MoreCanadians now generate less waste on a per-person basis than we did in 2002, a new Fraser Institute report finds. And that’s despite both a growing population and a growing…
Read MoreThere’s a new Cold War, and just like the last one it has its very own space race. This time the adversary squaring off with the United States of America…
Read MoreCanada’s provinces have gotten remarkably more equal over the past 15 years, with the gap in economic well-being having lessened significantly. This is not necessarily good news. The poorer provinces…
Read MoreBus service company Greyhound is shutting down its operations in Canada. After having left Western Canada in 2018, it is now permanently ending its remaining routes in Ontario and Quebec. …
Read MoreCanada is reopening, and yet some sectors and businesses are struggling to find workers. Is the solution as simple as increasing our immigration to bring in more workers to fill…
Read MoreToronto’s municipal land transfer tax (LTT) could be increasing shortly, as city council recently passed a motion instructing the city manager, the chief financial officer, and treasurer to generate an…
Read MoreCanada was a founding member of the Asia-Pacific Economic forum in 1990, has been a dialogue partner in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum since its formation…
Read MoreAcknowledging the need to combat climate change is one thing. But we should take a critical look at many of the tools being utilized in this fight. A report from…
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