In The News
- BNN Bloomberg
- A new report warns that heavy reliance on upfront development charges is significantly increasing the cost of building new homes in Canada, adding tens of thousands — and in some cases hundreds of thousands — of dollars to prices. The report argues the current model discourages construction and weakens affordability.
- Robert Williams
- Economists discuss AI, trade and uncertainty during Wilfrid Laurier University’s Economic Outlook panel discussion
- The Editorial Board
- If Mr. Trump does manage to influence the Fed’s decisions, there will be serious consequences for the global economy.
- Terence Corcoran
- Eglinton Crosstown LRT opens nearly six years late, $6 billion over budget. Now Carney wants to centrally plan the country.
- Pamela Heaven
- More than 9 million people lack a workplace pension plan.
- The Editorial Board
- Ontario’s math test results in recent years are adding up to be a real embarrassment for the province.
- Matthew Lau
- Giving people money via an increased GST credit doesn’t lower food costs. Getting government out of the industry would
- Meera Raman
- More than nine million working Canadians don’t have access to a workplace retirement plan, largely because small and mid-sized employers are far less likely to offer them, according to a new C.D. Howe Institute report.
- Nicole Weisberg
- Amid accounts of, in some cases, dangerously long waits in Alberta emergency rooms, doctors say greater focus needs to be put on moving alternate level of care (ALC) patients out of hospitals.
February, 17 2026
A new report warns that heavy reliance on upfront development charges is significantly increasing the cost of building new homes in Canada, adding tens of thousands — and in some cases hundreds of thousands — of dollars to prices. The report argues the current model discourages construction and weakens affordability.
February, 13 2026
Economists discuss AI, trade and uncertainty during Wilfrid Laurier University’s Economic Outlook panel discussion
February, 13 2026
If Mr. Trump does manage to influence the Fed’s decisions, there will be serious consequences for the global economy.
February, 11 2026
Eglinton Crosstown LRT opens nearly six years late, $6 billion over budget. Now Carney wants to centrally plan the country.
February, 9 2026
More than 9 million people lack a workplace pension plan.
February, 8 2026
Ontario’s math test results in recent years are adding up to be a real embarrassment for the province.
February, 4 2026
Giving people money via an increased GST credit doesn’t lower food costs. Getting government out of the industry would
February, 3 2026
More than nine million working Canadians don’t have access to a workplace retirement plan, largely because small and mid-sized employers are far less likely to offer them, according to a new C.D. Howe Institute report.
February, 1 2026
Amid accounts of, in some cases, dangerously long waits in Alberta emergency rooms, doctors say greater focus needs to be put on moving alternate level of care (ALC) patients out of hospitals.
January, 29 2026
The federal refugee tribunal’s practice of assessing some asylum claims without first questioning applicants could heighten the risk of fraud and weaken security screening, a report by a former director of policy at the Immigration Department says.