From the Fraser Institute By Jock Finlayson The last four-plus years have been a rollercoaster for millions of Canadians. The pandemic, which began in early 2020,...
From the Fraser Institute By Jock Finlayson Canada is losing corporate head offices. Between 2012 and 2022, one-in-20 head offices closed or merged with other companies,...
From the Fraser Institute By Jock Finlayson Without exports of oil, natural gas and other energy goods, Canada’s cumulative trade deficit with the rest of the...
From the Fraser Institute By Jock Finlayson Unusually brisk population growth is putting considerable strain on public services and infrastructure, in part because the federal government...
From the Fraser Institute By Jock Finlayson and Elmira Aliakbari It’s hard to overstate the importance of energy to our economy. In its latest “scorecard” report,...
From the Fraser Institute By Jock Finlayson One can legitimately ask whether the federal government has simply grown too big, complex and unwieldy to be managed...
From the Fraser Institute By Jock Finlayson In late-2014, per-person gross domestic product (GDP), a common indicator of living standards, stood at $58,162 (adjusted for inflation)....
From the Fraser Institute By Jock Finlayson Federal ministers have finally acknowledged that soaring immigration has aggravated the housing affordability crisis and put added pressure on...
From the Fraser Institute Author: Jock Finlayson In Canada’s case, a small number of sectors reliably generate significant trade surpluses, which help finance large trade deficits incurred...
From the Fraser Institute By Jock Finlayson “since 2015 Canada has posted some of the weakest economic growth numbers, measured on a per-person basis, in half...
