Canada & The 21st Century
- Our government, supported by the official opposition, is doing more harm than good by ignoring due process and undermining the global rules-based system.
- Our government, supported by the official opposition, is doing more harm than good by ignoring due process and undermining the global rules-based system.
- Our government, supported by the official opposition, is doing more harm than good by ignoring due process and undermining the global rules-based system.
- Providing patient, long-term capital for our future winners is critical.
- Providing patient, long-term capital for our future winners is critical.
- Providing patient, long-term capital for our future winners is critical.
- More Canadian talent will be motivated to move south unless we can do much better on innovation and productivity.
- More Canadian talent will be motivated to move south unless we can do much better on innovation and productivity.
- More Canadian talent will be motivated to move south unless we can do much better on innovation and productivity.
- If Canadians want a better-performing economy, then much more attention will have to be focused on innovation-driven productivity, skills training, and bringing more Canadians
- If Canadians want a better-performing economy, then much more attention will have to be focused on innovation-driven productivity, skills training, and bringing more Canadians
- If Canadians want a better-performing economy, then much more attention will have to be focused on innovation-driven productivity, skills training, and bringing more Canadians
- Donald Trump would once again pull the U.S. out of global climate commitments and negotiations under the 2015 Paris Accord, recently calling it a 'rip-off
- Donald Trump would once again pull the U.S. out of global climate commitments and negotiations under the 2015 Paris Accord, recently calling it a 'rip-off
- Donald Trump would once again pull the U.S. out of global climate commitments and negotiations under the 2015 Paris Accord, recently calling it a 'rip-off
- There remain too many troubling signs that the concern is still not enough to redefine our priorities to ensure young Canadians have good cause
- There remain too many troubling signs that the concern is still not enough to redefine our priorities to ensure young Canadians have good cause
- There remain too many troubling signs that the concern is still not enough to redefine our priorities to ensure young Canadians have good cause
- A new IMF report provides a balanced view of where Canada is at than the mangled exchanges and accusations between our supposedly adult parliamentarians.
- A new IMF report provides a balanced view of where Canada is at than the mangled exchanges and accusations between our supposedly adult parliamentarians.
- A new IMF report provides a balanced view of where Canada is at than the mangled exchanges and accusations between our supposedly adult parliamentarians.
- Innovation is about bringing new ideas to market. This, built on technological progress and investment in intangibles, is the key source of productivity-boosting economic
- Innovation is about bringing new ideas to market. This, built on technological progress and investment in intangibles, is the key source of productivity-boosting economic
- Innovation is about bringing new ideas to market. This, built on technological progress and investment in intangibles, is the key source of productivity-boosting economic
- Would it be better to have a bad deal than no deal at all? The very question would test Canadian unity.
- Would it be better to have a bad deal than no deal at all? The very question would test Canadian unity.
- Would it be better to have a bad deal than no deal at all? The very question would test Canadian unity.
- What's missing is a strong sense of patriotism—a pride in what we have accomplished as a country, a love of country, and a commitment
- What's missing is a strong sense of patriotism—a pride in what we have accomplished as a country, a love of country, and a commitment
- What's missing is a strong sense of patriotism—a pride in what we have accomplished as a country, a love of country, and a commitment
- The Bennett Jones report sets out some directions in taxation, competition, immigration, investment, and the green energy transition, but no policy map. It also
- The Bennett Jones report sets out some directions in taxation, competition, immigration, investment, and the green energy transition, but no policy map. It also
- The Bennett Jones report sets out some directions in taxation, competition, immigration, investment, and the green energy transition, but no policy map. It also
- The big issues facing Canada will likely be sidelined since neither Liberals nor Conservatives want to face up to them even though this country’s
- The big issues facing Canada will likely be sidelined since neither Liberals nor Conservatives want to face up to them even though this country’s
- The big issues facing Canada will likely be sidelined since neither Liberals nor Conservatives want to face up to them even though this country’s
- We need to be more innovative. But innovation takes place in companies, and if you don’t have them, you don’t have the innovation. That’s our
- We need to be more innovative. But innovation takes place in companies, and if you don’t have them, you don’t have the innovation. That’s our
- We need to be more innovative. But innovation takes place in companies, and if you don’t have them, you don’t have the innovation. That’s our
- We know that life on Earth will become more difficult if we fail to act with a heightened sense of urgency, But we also
- We know that life on Earth will become more difficult if we fail to act with a heightened sense of urgency, But we also
- We know that life on Earth will become more difficult if we fail to act with a heightened sense of urgency, But we also
- We are not developing the kind of industries—and hence the kind of jobs, productivity and wealth—we need to preserve, sustain and improve the kind
- We are not developing the kind of industries—and hence the kind of jobs, productivity and wealth—we need to preserve, sustain and improve the kind
- We are not developing the kind of industries—and hence the kind of jobs, productivity and wealth—we need to preserve, sustain and improve the kind
- It’s unlikely that Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Steve Jobs, or any of their early-stage investors were fixated on the capital gains tax rate when
- It’s unlikely that Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Steve Jobs, or any of their early-stage investors were fixated on the capital gains tax rate when
- It’s unlikely that Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Steve Jobs, or any of their early-stage investors were fixated on the capital gains tax rate when
- Chrystia Freeland's tax changes smack much more of poetical expediency or desperation, dressed up as a campaign to single out the richest for not
- Chrystia Freeland's tax changes smack much more of poetical expediency or desperation, dressed up as a campaign to single out the richest for not
- Chrystia Freeland's tax changes smack much more of poetical expediency or desperation, dressed up as a campaign to single out the richest for not
- Canada’s productivity performance is weak, our innovation is inadequate, and we seem too pessimistic about the future.
- Canada’s productivity performance is weak, our innovation is inadequate, and we seem too pessimistic about the future.
- Canada’s productivity performance is weak, our innovation is inadequate, and we seem too pessimistic about the future.
- A plan has to be more than just a litany of fresh promises in one budget after another. Where is the strategy, and what
- A plan has to be more than just a litany of fresh promises in one budget after another. Where is the strategy, and what
- A plan has to be more than just a litany of fresh promises in one budget after another. Where is the strategy, and what
- The government presented another transactional budget that seeks to send an 'all’s well' kind of message when we need a frank and strategic budget
- The government presented another transactional budget that seeks to send an 'all’s well' kind of message when we need a frank and strategic budget
- The government presented another transactional budget that seeks to send an 'all’s well' kind of message when we need a frank and strategic budget
- Most of Canada’s young businesses with growth potential and proprietary technology can easily be acquired without consideration of the wider consequences for the country's future.
- Most of Canada’s young businesses with growth potential and proprietary technology can easily be acquired without consideration of the wider consequences for the country's future.
- Most of Canada’s young businesses with growth potential and proprietary technology can easily be acquired without consideration of the wider consequences for the country's future.
- Young people's high level of unhappiness should be taken very seriously, not just because of their lack of confidence in their futures, but also
- Young people's high level of unhappiness should be taken very seriously, not just because of their lack of confidence in their futures, but also
- Young people's high level of unhappiness should be taken very seriously, not just because of their lack of confidence in their futures, but also
- We must design a 21st century framework for a world where technology has already upended many our cultural policies, and threatens to do so
- We must design a 21st century framework for a world where technology has already upended many our cultural policies, and threatens to do so
- We must design a 21st century framework for a world where technology has already upended many our cultural policies, and threatens to do so
- Our system is still geared to an economy focused on investment in tangibles such as buildings, machinery, and equipment.
- Our system is still geared to an economy focused on investment in tangibles such as buildings, machinery, and equipment.
- Our system is still geared to an economy focused on investment in tangibles such as buildings, machinery, and equipment.
- But no one, it seems, has actually calculated what it would take to make Canada a world leader in innovation.
- But no one, it seems, has actually calculated what it would take to make Canada a world leader in innovation.
- But no one, it seems, has actually calculated what it would take to make Canada a world leader in innovation.
- Canadians now have the highest household debt relative to household income in the G7, and one of the poorest performances in innovation and productivity
- Canadians now have the highest household debt relative to household income in the G7, and one of the poorest performances in innovation and productivity
- Canadians now have the highest household debt relative to household income in the G7, and one of the poorest performances in innovation and productivity
- We need to build a new economy where innovation and productivity make real increases in per capita well-being in income and wealth generation to
- We need to build a new economy where innovation and productivity make real increases in per capita well-being in income and wealth generation to
- We need to build a new economy where innovation and productivity make real increases in per capita well-being in income and wealth generation to
- Leading economist David Autor argues that AI, if managed properly, could rebuild the middle class by opening up more workers to all kinds of
- Leading economist David Autor argues that AI, if managed properly, could rebuild the middle class by opening up more workers to all kinds of
- Leading economist David Autor argues that AI, if managed properly, could rebuild the middle class by opening up more workers to all kinds of
- The need for water security in the Prairies is a key part of the challenge if we also want food security. But, ultimately, this is
Opinion | February 12, 2024
Opinion | February 12, 2024
- The need for water security in the Prairies is a key part of the challenge if we also want food security. But, ultimately, this is
Opinion | February 12, 2024
- The need for water security in the Prairies is a key part of the challenge if we also want food security. But, ultimately, this is
- TORONTO—If an election were to be held today—assuming the polls are right—Pierre Poilievre would become our prime minister, heading what could even be a majority
- TORONTO—If an election were to be held today—assuming the polls are right—Pierre Poilievre would become our prime minister, heading what could even be a majority
- TORONTO—If an election were to be held today—assuming the polls are right—Pierre Poilievre would become our prime minister, heading what could even be a majority
- It doesn’t have to be that way, but it will be unless we develop the institutions, capacities, and will for a different future. That is
- It doesn’t have to be that way, but it will be unless we develop the institutions, capacities, and will for a different future. That is
- It doesn’t have to be that way, but it will be unless we develop the institutions, capacities, and will for a different future. That is
- What this paper from the three Innovation, Science and Economic Development analysts most importantly underlines is both the governmental failure to realistically acknowledge the
- What this paper from the three Innovation, Science and Economic Development analysts most importantly underlines is both the governmental failure to realistically acknowledge the
- What this paper from the three Innovation, Science and Economic Development analysts most importantly underlines is both the governmental failure to realistically acknowledge the
- Focusing only on recovery from the current economic slowdown is not the end game: that should be the creation of a new Canadian economy
- Focusing only on recovery from the current economic slowdown is not the end game: that should be the creation of a new Canadian economy
- Focusing only on recovery from the current economic slowdown is not the end game: that should be the creation of a new Canadian economy
- This is a world of despair, not hope. This extends well into the middle class, as consumer confidence surveys show. Per capita GDP continues to
- This is a world of despair, not hope. This extends well into the middle class, as consumer confidence surveys show. Per capita GDP continues to
- This is a world of despair, not hope. This extends well into the middle class, as consumer confidence surveys show. Per capita GDP continues to
- We lack an economy that can sustain our standard of living going forward. Without change, young Canadians face a much diminished future.
