News
Ed Finn
| A prolonged cessation of growth, without government bailouts, would eventually morph into capitalism's demise. |
Blog
Karl Nerenberg
| Apologies, regrets and tears have their value, but for Indigenous Canadians the essential questions are about economic control and power. |
Columnists
Wayne MacPhail
| Who, three decades ago, would have imagined that the materials that would change consumer electronics would be glass, ABS plastic, sapphire, graphite and aluminum? |
Blog
Larry Haiven
| A rejoinder to the negative discourse about Nova Scotia from pundits in certain sectors of the province. |
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Daniel Wilson
| In this blog, Daniel Wilson considers whether 2013 marks a crossroads for the respect of Indigenous rights over natural resources in Canada. |
Blog
Alberto Daniel Gago
| This commentary in the staple theory series explores the relevance of staple theory for understanding the modern barriers to development in the global South. |
Blog
Steven Shrybman
| Many will be aware of the U.S.-based campaign to stop Keystone XL pipeline for ecological reasons. But Canadians have another reason to oppose this grotesque sell-off of the nation's patrimony. |
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Simon Enoch
| While Finance Minister Ken Krawetz characterized this week's provincial budget as an example of "balanced growth," perhaps the best metaphor to use would be "paradox of plenty." |
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Bertrand Schepper
| On December 27 this past year, the appeals court of the Yukon Territory gave an important ruling regarding the rights of First Nations in relation to Yukon's free-entry mining policy. |
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Christopher Majka
| Foreign aid could be a vehicle for Canada to establish its progressive bona fides. Instead what it establishes is our miserly commitment to poverty alleviation and the development of good governance. |
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Marc Lee
| What we really need is a strategic management framework that winds down our gas reserves over the next couple of decades, transitions to a zero carbon economy, and on the way provides revenues. |
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Christopher Majka
| Effective resource economies add, build and extract value from natural resources. Getting there entails smart education, infrastructure and research policy. Current government policy is anything but. |