economic performance

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Federal government’s 'industrial policy' creates all the wrong incentives

Economic decision-making should be dispersed among individuals, not centralized.


10:09AM
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Scoring the economic performance of Canada’s last five prime ministers

The 2016-2019 period had the weakest economic performance of the five periods analyzed.


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Comparing pre-recession economic performance—Chrétien vs. Trudeau

Per-person GDP growth was 4.8 times greater during the Chrétien period than the Trudeau period.


9:28AM
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History is clear—the Trudeau government needs to change direction

More than 60 per cent of families in the bottom 20 per cent pay higher income taxes today because of the discontinued tax credits.


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Canada’s gloomy economic outlook may put federal finances at risk

The Bank of Canada recently reiterated its long-term expectation that economic growth will decline to 1.3 per cent.


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Warning: the Chinese economy may soon run out of steam

China’s GDP overstates its economic performance.


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Six years after the recession, neither Southwestern, Northern nor Eastern Ontario had recovered to 2008 employment levels.