Increasing income tax on businesses and investment will not increase prosperity and personal income.
Economy
The Wall of Death for Western Economies
This is an easy fix – you just have to demand it
Transmountain Pipeline Expansion Project a Success?
The Transmountain Mountain Pipeline expansion project (TMEP) was completed on May 01, 2024. Its startup the following month ended an eleven-year saga of tectonic federal energy policy initiatives, climate change requirements, federal regulatory restructuring, and...
Why Is a UFC Fighter Promoting Mises and Austrian Economics?
Renato Moicano is a UFC fighter from Brazil who made a big splash at an event this weekend. In a rather remarkable moment he used his time at the microphone to push a school of economic thought. “If you care about your country,” he said, “read Ludwig von Mises and the...
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Canadian Property Rights Index 2023
A Snapshot of Property Rights Protection in Canada After 10 years
Alberta Politics and Empty Promises of Health-care Solutions
The writ has been dropped and Albertans are off to the polls on May 29. That leaves just four weeks for political leaders and voters to sort out what is arguably the most divisive, yet significant, issue for this election - health care. On Day 2, NDP leader Rachel...
Leaders on the Frontier – Canadians Are Hurting – With Frank Stronach
Big Topics & Big Ideas
Leaders on the Frontier – Home Ownership Only a Dream? – With Stephen Moore
Big Topics & Big Ideas
Bill C-282, Now in the Senate, Risks Holding Back Other Economic Sectors and Further Burdening Consumers
Bill C-282 currently sits in the Canadian Senate and stands on the precipice of becoming law in a matter of weeks. Essentially, this bill seeks to bestow immunity upon supply management from any potential future trade negotiations without offering increased market...
Etam: 444,000 Semi-loads of Food? Just Another Day on Planet Earth
A friend of mine, always with a keen eye on interesting things, passed on an interesting quote from the CERA Week energy conference the other week. The head of the International Energy Forum mentioned a surprising statistic, as quoted by Javier Blas on Twitter:...
Leaders on the Frontier – Financial Powers and Changing the Course of Nations – With Gina Pappano
Big Topics & Big Ideas
Long-Term Labour Analysis Shows Trudeau’s Policies Hurt Alberta
An analysis of Alberta’s labour market highlights how political leadership shaped (and hurt) its economic environment
Greater Oil and Gas Export Capacity Will Boost Canadian Dollar – And Productivity
Canada’s productivity performance has been dismal, having not increased over the last nearly ten years. Economists calculate productivity as the value of output divided by hours worked to generate that output. However, the numerator, being the value of the goods and...
Believe It Or Not, There Is Good News About Rising Interest Rates
It is taking a while, but a prolonged period of elevated interest rates, at both the short end set by the Bank of Canada and the Federal Reserve Board of the United States, and at the long end in the bond market set by domestic and foreign investors, is coming to be...
Alberta’s Close Brush with Blackouts Stiffens Moes Resolve
Alberta’s close brush with possible rolling blackouts stiffens Moe’s resolve to keep the lights on. Moe reiterates: “We will not attempt the impossible when it comes to power production” The past weekend proved to be a close-run thing for the Alberta electrical...