In today’s Globe & Mail, MLI’s Brian Lee Crowley lays out how Canada can best direct foreign aid, by improving remittances and removing trade barriers. A smarter way for Canada…
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In today’s Globe and Mail, I write that preoccupation with unemployment rate as a barometer of economic health is both outdated and blinding Canadians to a greater economic threat –…
Today is budget day. A perfect day to recall what used to be a bedrock principle of Canadian federalism. That principle? Ottawa should not tax Canadians and give that money…
There is no justification, in logic or in economics, for seasonal EI, and the dogged pursuit of this policy flies in the face of the interests of Canada and people…
The way we buy equipment for our military is badly broken and Ottawa’s latest report on how to fix it proposes making it even worse. Read my new regular column for…
The way to break the logjam on Gateway is to turn it from an outsiders’ project resented by mistrustful first nations along the route into a full partnership between an…
Canada and the European Union (EU) are deep in negotiations on a trade agreement (CETA) that would link our two economies. Today is also the day that the friends of…
January 31, 2012 – In today’s Globe and Mail, I discuss why raising the qualifying age for Old Age Security and the Guaranteed Income Supplement is the right thing to do. The full…
During the campaign, and until the election on May 2, the Globe and Mail is examining issues the federal parties should be talking about. This week’s series is on democracy and engagement. On Friday…
Jason Clemens and I have an oped in today’s Globe and Mail about business taxes in relation to the federal election and the country’s future economic prospects. Reducing corporate income…