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Op-Ed
By Stephen Gordon
Most people probably think of the debate over whether Canada is in a recession as one of those glass-half-full versus glass-half-empty things. Pessimists look at five months of declining GDP and call it a “recession,” while optimists look at increasing employment and say that we’re not in a recession. Yet, the real pessimists are the ones saying we’re not in recession.
Making…
Op-Ed
The newly elected government in Ottawa has committed to increase the tax burden on the richest 1 per cent of earners and redistribute the proceeds by reducing the burden on middle-income earners. More specifically, the federal tax rate on taxable income greater than $200,000 would rise from 29 to 33 per cent. The tax rate on taxable income from $45,000 to $90,000 would drop from 22 to 20.5 per…
Op-Ed
Published in the Globe and Mail on April 21, 2015
By: Christopher Ragan
Christopher Ragan is an associate professor of economics at McGill University in Montreal and a research fellow at the C.D. Howe Institute in Toronto.
It’s natural for public discussion to focus on today’s problems and how to best solve them. But it’s also worthwhile to remind ourselves what past challenges we’ve…
Op-Ed
Published in the National Post on May 22, 2015
By William Robson
William Robson is president and CEO of the C. D. Howe Institute.
Economists may not be known for sartorial style, but they do have their fads. Influential ones, too — affecting our lives and livelihoods more than ups and downs in hemlines or the changing width of lapels. Among the more durable economic fashions has been…
Op-Ed
By Christopher Ragan
As Alberta’s new government assembles its troops and redesigns its policies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the need for greater environmental protection will be an obvious rallying cry. But Premier Rachel Notley should also be sure to make the case that pricing carbon emissions is very much in Alberta’s economic interests.
Many will wonder whether that last sentence…
Op-Ed
By Benjamin Dachis
Love ’em or hate ’em, carpool lanes on Toronto highways look here to stay – having gained the endorsement of the Premier of Ontario. Tolling these carpool lanes is the way to go.
The Pan Am Games set the stage. The province installed 235 kilometres of temporary carpool lanes across the Greater Toronto Area. The province required that vehicles have three occupants to access them…
