Canadian economy

Columnists

Sep 8, 2015

What will the next government do to fight recession?

It's official: the Canadian economy is in recession. By election day, parties can expect millions of voters to be paying attention to what governments plan to do to create jobs and secure employment.

Blog

Sep 7, 2015

B.C. employment holds steady but anemic private sector hiring suggests economic weakness

Iglika Ivanova

Canada is officially in a recession and while B.C. is expected to sail through it relatively unscathed, the projected modest GDP growth performance does not seem to be translating into job gains.

Columnists

Sep 3, 2015

GDP numbers just symptom of bigger problems in Canadian economy

Jim Stanford

Now that the recession has been confirmed, let's hope the election campaign now starts to address some of the deeper challenges facing Canada's economy.

Blog

Sep 3, 2015

The best of all policies: My wish for the ideal platform

Seth Klein

Which opposition party, with a potential to win the election, has the better platform when it comes to tackling climate change and inequality? Seth Klein weighs the parties on these core issues.

Blog

Sep 2, 2015

Three worrisome facts about Canada's economy beyond the drop in GDP

Iglika Ivanova

The dip in GDP is what's making the headlines, but there are three other trends in the new data released by StatsCan that suggest the economic slowdown is here to stay.

Blog

Sep 2, 2015

Recession is just the tip of Canada's economic iceberg

David Macdonald

Does the fact that we're in recession mean we can finally focus on the non-recovery of the job market or the fact that jobs are far more precarious than they have been in years? Let's hope so.

Blog

Sep 1, 2015

Fact-checking the recession: How will this affect average Canadians?

Nora Loreto

The recession in and of itself isn't as important as other economic indicators that show how well people are doing.

In cahoots

Sep 1, 2015

Cast your vote: Think-tank unveils platform to end income inequality

Cast your vote: Think tank unveils platform to end income inequality

Seizing on the first federal election in recent history where income inequality is a hot button issue, CCPA has launched a platform to reduce the gap.

Blog

Sep 1, 2015

So we are in a recession. Now what?

Louis-Philippe Rochon

So it's official. We are in a recession. So what can we do to grow out of it? Under current conditions, not much.

Blog

Sep 1, 2015

Balanced budget myopia breaks both ways

Angella MacEwen

Deficits are left wing and balanced budgets are right-wing austerity, right? Not so fast. "Deficits good vs. deficits bad" discourse misses the whole host of choices that go into budgeting.

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