Having trouble viewing? Try the web version [link removed] of this email. Latest Research Ottawa’s misguided Indo-Pacific trade strategy unlikely to succeed [[link removed]]
Canada’s Indo-Pacific Trade Strategy and Trade Diversification finds that the federal government’s new trade strategy (IPS), meant to encourage increased Canadian exports to Indo-Pacific countries such as India and China through subsidies and other preferential treatments, unwisely shifts attention from Canada’s largest trading partner and key source of prosperity.
Read More [[link removed]] Average Danes pay high taxes to finance Denmark’s large welfare state [[link removed]]
The Free Enterprise Welfare State: A History of Denmark’s Unique Economic Model finds that, despite common misperceptions, middle-class workers in Denmark pay relatively high taxes for Denmark’s large government.
Read More [[link removed]] Commentary and Blog Posts Politicians should leave monetary policy to the Bank of Canada [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Globe and Mail) by Lawrence Schembri
Annual inflation peaked at 8.1 per cent in June 2022, well above the bank’s 2 per cent target.
Court ruling good step in right direction—but federal government won’t change course [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Western Standard) by Kenneth P. Green
The federal environment minister said the ruling won’t change the project assessment process.
Schools must allow teachers to regain control of their classrooms [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Epoch Times) by Michael Zwaagstra
Teacher unions appear more interested in pushing woke ideology and social justice activism.
Proposed federal firearms legislation includes ‘red flag’ rules ripe for abuse [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Toronto Sun) by Gary Mauser
This new language would lower the bar for confiscating firearms, making it much easier for complaints to be made.
Ontario’s pace of homebuilding lags far behind population growth [[link removed]] (Appeared in National Newswatch) by Jake Fuss and Steve Lafleur
The federal government continues to roll out new programs aimed at making it easier to buy homes.
Government policies may soon plunge millions of Canadians into ‘energy poverty’ [[link removed]] (Appeared in Edmonton Sun) by Jock Finlayson
The federal government's carbon tax is set to reach $170 per tonne of emissions by 2030.
Ottawa should refocus on Canada’s largest trading partner [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Hill Times) by Steven Globerman
The dominance of the U.S. in Canada’s international trade flows reflects the importance of physical distance on trade patterns.
New Brunswick builds the fewest homes per new resident in Canada [[link removed]] (Appeared in the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal) by Josef Filipowicz and Alex Whalen
The province saw more population growth in 2021 and 2022 then in the previous 29 years combined.
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