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Can Canada Avoid Europe’s Energy Crisis? is a new study that finds the Canadian federal government is pursuing aggressive climate policies similar to those that have largely contributed to energy prices skyrocketing in Europe, including the mandated transition to renewable energy sources and higher carbon prices.
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Catching Up and Falling Behind: The Five Economic Eras of Atlantic Canada, 1961–2019 is a new study that tracks the economic performance of the region through the years compared to the rest of Canada. It finds that incomes (measured in per person GDP) in the Maritime provinces, which had been catching up to incomes in the rest of the country, began to fall again in 2010, dropping from $7,907 lower than the rest of Canada (excluding Alberta) in 2010 to $11,034 lower in 2019.
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Former Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, and the last surviving signatory of the Charter, the Hon. Brian Peckford, joins me this week to discuss the history of the province, his now third trip to the Supreme Court of Canada, and the potential fallout from vaccine mandates. We even get into the nuances of the Constitution of Canada and what COVID has meant for charter rights.
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(Appeared in the Globe and Mail) by Steven Globerman
Employers often have imperfect information about the potential productivity of new hires.
by Mackenzie Moir and Bacchus Barua
Canada ranked last on timely access to specialty and surgical care.
(Appeared in the Toronto Sun) by Matthew Lau
Ottawa's climate plan includes “gender-based" analyses.
by Livio Di Matteo
In 2020, the federal expenditure share jumped to 40 per cent.
(Appeared in the Winnipeg Free Press) by Jake Fuss and Jason Clemens
The national daycare program will cost an estimated $7.9 billion annually by 2025/26.
(Appeared in the Halifax Chronicle Herald) by Alex Whalen
The province’s debt interest payments are estimated at $956 million this year.
by Evin Ryan and Jake Fuss
The federal government projects a budget deficit of $52.8 billion for 2022.
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