The virtuous economic cycle
The Spring Economic Update gets it backwards
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Cuts, Cuts, and more cuts
Carney is taking the opportunity of Trump to cut taxes, the federal public service, and "red tape".
Dollars and political nonsense
Reading the Liberal fiscal plan sheds no light on what they mean by "operational budget", but we know it will be balanced thanks to increased government productivity.
The dangers of polite austerity
When markets fail, governments should step up, not hold back
Happy Tariff Day
or, what the heck even just happened!
Finding a pro-worker and pro-Canada framework for our economy
It can be a bit hard to find our footing, opposing Trump's actions which are destabilizing the same liberal economic order that we have struggled against.
Guns and butter
Trump is increasing steel and aluminum tariffs to 50%, muses about high dairy tariffs
Impact of Trump's tariffs on business investment already apparent
Trump’s tariffs have already done a lot of damage and created chaos for investors in Canada.
What are interprovincial trade barriers, really?
Businesses across Canadian provinces and territories conduct a healthy amount of trade with each other.
No one wins a trade war
Trump implements 25% import tariffs on Canadian goods, 10% tariffs on energy