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Avril 13, 2018 1:12PM

The finance minister said what?
Jason Clemens, Niels Veldhuis
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Private-sector investment in factories and other structures down more than 23 per cent.

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investment, business investment, barriers to investment, energy investment, pipelines, trans mountain pipeline, kinder morgan, bill morneau, Justin Trudeau, taxes, regulatory reform, red tape, competitiveness, foreign direct investment
Avril 13, 2018 10:58AM

TPP redux—The Art of the Bad Deal
William Watson
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For smaller countries, access to the U.S. market is a major prize.

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trans-pacific partnership, TPP, trade, trade deals, barriers to trade, NAFTA, donald trump, asian trade market
Avril 11, 2018 1:03PM

Under threat—the lucrative export of U.S. dollar notes and U.S. Treasury securities
Herbert Grubel
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Overspending in the United States causes market forces to appreciate the dollar exchange rate.

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donald trump, exports, imports, NAFTA, trade, barriers to trade, trade with china, dollar, exchange rate, IMF, government spending
Avril 11, 2018 10:27AM

If the B.C. government wants to help renters, it should care about homebuilding
Josef Filipowicz, Steve Lafleur
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It takes nearly two years, on average, to obtain building permits in Vancouver.

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housing, bc housing, vancouver city hall, housing affordability, homebuilding, homebuilders, rental, renters, rental housing, landlords, metro vancouver, john horgan, Gregor Robertson
Mars 27, 2018 1:54PM

Ontario ignores warning signs from Quebec, announces subsidized child care plan
Vincent Geloso
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Quebec subsidies cost north of $2.4 billion a year or roughly $9,700 per child.

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ontario government spending, child care, daycare, subsidized daycare, kathleen wynne, quebec daycare, children
Mars 23, 2018 3:48PM

Each episode of financial disaster is a little different than the others
William Watson
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A phrase heard almost hourly at the conference was “this time is different.”

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banks, monetary policy, regulation, financial crisis, recession, financial institutions
Mars 16, 2018 10:44AM

Canada’s shadow economy—a shadow of its former self
William Watson
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Statistics Canada is paying people to gather data on the current price of weed.

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marijuana, legalization of marijuana, marijuana prohibition, weed, shadow economy, GDP, taxes, IMF
Mars 14, 2018 10:22AM

Canadian household debt concerns are overblown
Livio Di Matteo
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The ratio of household net worth-to-GDP has risen over time.

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household debt, debt-to-GDP-ratio, government debt, federal government spending, Ottawa, alberta, ontario, central bank, interest rates, credit
Mars 9, 2018 3:38PM

The gender question in economics
William Watson
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Universities are actually eager to increase the proportion of female professors.

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economics, economists, college professors, university professors, women, men, gender disparity, international women's day
Mars 5, 2018 5:00AM

Canada has a business investment problem—deal with it
Charles Lammam, Hugh MacIntyre
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Statistics Canada released its latest survey results on investment intentions for 2018.

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business investment, barriers to investment, capital investment, investment climate, taxes, corporate income tax, labour policy, bill morneau, GDP, deregulation

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