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

From Coast-to-Coast-to-Coast

 Canada is a maritime country which generates a substantial amount of its GDP from exporting natural resources in today’s increasingly interconnected global economy. Its waterways serve as the maritime transportation network that contributes to the health, vitality and prosperity of the Canadian economy. Without safely navigable oceans and inland waterways,

Public Education – a Hallmark of Democracy

 In Canada, students and their parents enjoy a right most don’t enjoy- free, high quality public education. In many parts of the world, this is not the case. Public primary education is attached with user pay fees that only the wealthy can afford. The result is that poor children and