To balance Ontario’s budget without a carbon tax, the PCs will need deep cuts to spending and jobs
Analysis: If we assume the Tories will make up any carbon tax revenue shortfall through spending cuts, rather than running a deficit, here’s what those cuts could look like
Scrapping carbon taxes leaves a gaping hole in the Ontario PC platform
Opinion: The Ontario Progressive Conservatives have created a fiscal and environmental hole for themselves they have no clear way to fill
Three lessons from TPP that could help Canada in the NAFTA talks
Opinion: To strike a deal that’s good for the country, Canada has to be willing to walk away from the negotiating table
It’s time to raise the duty-free limit for online shoppers
Ottawa should let Canadians import more expensive online purchases duty free, and it can do so without putting brick-and-mortar retailers at a disadvantage.
A preview of the 2017 federal budget
Mike Moffatt on what today’s budget telegraphs about what is to come
Eight things to watch for in the budget (beyond the deficit’s size)
Size of the deficit isn’t the only thing that matters in the federal budget. Here are the other things that economist Mike Moffatt will be looking for Tuesday
Ontario shrank its deficit. But how?
Economist Mike Moffatt breaks down how the Ontario budget shakes out, and if the province’s commitment to balance in 2017-18 can stand
Canada’s hardest-hit economies need immigration to thrive again
Our current system—in which we educate young people and then deport them—makes no sense and harms growth companies
No, the TPP won’t cost Canada 20,000 auto manufacturing jobs
The claim that the TPP will lead to massive job losses in the auto sector is built on dubious assumptions, and overlooks the deal’s benefits to consumers
My fellow economists: Bay Street might be right this time
Bay Street is sounding the alarm for stimulus spending, but academics are waving them off. Time to call a truce
No, Alberta’s oil patch doesn’t need a bailout
Alberta’s energy sector has yet to suffer anything like Ontario’s manufacturing job losses, so calls for an auto sector-style bailout for the oil patch are premature
Does it even matter if we are in a statutory recession?
Questions and answers about Q2 numbers and the ongoing economic debate