Thank the bank but hold the standing ovation

 by Greg MacDougall and Steve Saunders As Ottawa’s winter slowly transitions to spring, and a young Senators team tantalizes fans with glimpses of a promising future, hockey fans debate the relative merits of Connor McDavid, Auston Matthews and Patrick Kane as winner of the Hart Memorial trophy, emblematic of the

Canadians are staring into a debt abyss

 by Greg MacDougall and Steve Saunders of Government Analytics While Covid-19 hit the Canadian economy like a sledgehammer last March, its impact can now be likened to that of a slow motion 1998 Ottawa Ice Storm or 2013 Calgary flood; it’s not simply a phase of the business cycle or

Charisma has failed us — and winter is coming

 “The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.” ―  Margaret Thatcher The next prime minister of Canada will be the most hated person in the country for years to come. Whether Liberal,Conservative on NDP, he or she will have to deal with the financial mess