PBO slashes economic growth forecast, partly blames new virus
Canada’s economy slowed “sharply” in the final quarter of 2019, the...
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G7 growth talk obscures poor income growth among Canadians
Recent forecasts, including from the International Monetary Fund, suggest Canada may compete with...
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MORGAN: Canadians want jobs, not a UN Security Council seat
The court then defined the rights conveyed: “Aboriginal title means that governments and others...
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Canadian GDP likely contracted in Q4 and outlook does not look bright as coronavirus fears could crimp future growth
Scotiabank thinks Canada’s economy in the fourth quarter fared worse than the Bank of Canada’s...
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Scotiabank casts doubt on the economic optimism of Bill Morneau and the Bank of Canada
Scotiabank’s latest report on the wholesale sector reveals a more worrying picture than the Bank...
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Poll: Majority of Canadians felt that 2019 was an ABYSMAL year
A new poll has shown that more than 50 percent of Canadians think that 2019 was a bad year for...
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50% of Canadians $200 away from insolvency and affording monthly bills
The number has grown by 4% since January 2019, when 46% of Canadians reported being $200 away from...
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Doug Ford’s Ontario leads Canada in jobs increase with 25,000
Doug Ford’s Ontario government is leading the way when it comes to creating employment in Canada,...
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The Growth Dilemma
For much of the last seventy years, economic growth has lifted the quality of life in Europe,...
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MORGAN: Coastal Gaslink Pipeline is do or die after UN decree
The Coastal Gaslink Pipeline Project did everything right. Over eight years ago they began the...
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November Trade Deficit Over $1 Billion, October Deficit Far Worse Than Previously Reported
Canada’s November trade deficit was $1.1 billion in November. As noted by BNN Bloomberg, the...
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Diane Francis: Canada is on an economic road to nowhere
The Liberals spent five years pandering to environmental, regional or anti-capitalist interests....
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Kevin Carmichael: A quarter of Canadians will be seniors by 2030
Current immigration rates won’t stop Canada from joining the club of “super-aged societies,” as...
Read MoreJoe Oliver: Trudeau just doesn’t get Western alienation as he inflicts two more hits to the West’s economy
Trudeau reaffirmed Liberal hostility to resource development with two decisions, both of which undermine his avowed mission to combat climate change Joe Oliver: Trudeau just doesn’t get Western alienation as he inflicts...
Read MoreCanada’s GDP shrunk by 0.1% in October
Despite the worrying signs, the Liberals have maintained that the Canadian economy is doing well. Canada’s GDP shrunk by 0.1% in...
Read MoreWe’ve just had the best decade in human history. Seriously
Let nobody tell you that the second decade of the 21st century has been a bad time. We are living through the greatest improvement in human living standards in history. Extreme poverty has fallen below 10 per cent of the world’s...
Read MoreCanadian economy shrinks for the first time in eight months, hit by U.S. auto strike
October’s growth figures latest in a string of disappointing data that analysts say could put pressure on the Bank of Canada to mull a rate cut Canadian economy shrinks for the first time in eight months, hit by U.S. auto...
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Ottawa has a big spending problem
As the dust settles from Monday’s federal economic and fiscal update, it becomes ever more...
Read MoreSelf-praise won’t relaunch our economy—free enterprise will
Audacity is a thing to behold. The Prime Minister has responded to the steady stream of job losses, insolvencies and dropping investment with his same old triumphal talking points and self-admiration. It is reminiscent of the...
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