The political leaders responsible for getting Canada into — and out of — its productivity mess have been frustratingly silent on the issue
Author Archives: The Editorial Board
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Editorial: Ottawa fails small businesses with its carbon tax scheme
Small and medium-sized businesses have good reason to be upset about the carbon tax. Ottawa has failed to deliver on its promises to them
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Editorial: Owning a home doesn’t have to be the Canadian dream
Home prices have gotten so high that asset diversification can be unachievable. Owning a home can mean putting all your eggs in one basket
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Editorial: Pay equity measures are only part of the solution
Pay equity laws are important. But research indicates these measures do not solve for some of the key drivers of pay inequity anymore
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Editorial: Gender equality efforts must go both ways
Academic institutions, employers and the public seem to be comfortable with a lack of gender balance when it affects boys and men
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Editorial: Why Old Age Security must be reformed
Old Age Security is one of Canada’s costliest social programs. This wouldn’t be a problem if it addressed a targeted need — but it doesn’t
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Editorial: Canada’s failure to meet NATO spending target is shameful
The Liberals recognize the moral imperative of Canada doing its part on climate change. Puzzlingly, they don’t recognize the need to do our part on defence
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Editorial: Why IVF treatment should be publicly funded
Healthcare funding is always a question of trade-offs. The government cannot fund everything. But the arguments for funding IVF are clear
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Editorial: Hysteria over Ottawa’s CEBA deadline not justified
The suggestion that businesses face an existential threat due to Ottawa’s January CEBA deadline is not borne out by the facts
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Editorial: Canada’s population growth strains its social services
Transit systems, places of worship and libraries are increasingly managing homelessness, which is an offshoot of unmanaged immigration