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Canadian national spirit is high. The positive emotional reaction to the Team Canada hockey victory over the U.S. in the 4 Nations Face-Off was inspirational and historic. Strong patriotic responses have been ignited by President Donald Trump’s repeated musings about making Canada the 51st state and the use of US “economic force” (including significant tariffs on Canadian imports) to weaken...
We live in difficult times for policymakers and governments. The term “polycrisis”, coined by Edgar Morin and Anne Brigitte Kern in their 1999 book, Homeland Earth and revived for our recent era of perpetual disruption by then-European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker in 2018, has now been fully mainstreamed by historians and analysts, including Adam Tooze. Economics, politics, geopolitics and the...
On October 22, 2024, the Bank of Canada reduced its policy interest rate by 50 basis points to 3.75 per cent, down from a 5 per cent peak in June 2023. Further reductions in the policy rate, as well as household and business interest rates, are anticipated in the months ahead. Statistics Canada’s latest releases for inflation and output tell...
Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland tabled Budget 2024 on April 16. Faced with a weak economy, many difficult policy changes, and limited fiscal room, Freeland chose action. This year’s budget theme has shifted from “Growing the Middle Class” to “Fairness for Every Generation”. Fairness implies bigger government. The budget is big. There are multiple priorities and more...
Policymakers and politicians face a dilemma in 2024. We are in a slow/no growth economy with relatively high inflation. Downside economic risks are significant. Policy credibility, institutional trust and political support are on the line. Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland must find a fiscally responsible path for Budget 2024 that supports disinflation and a soft landing (no...