Will we simply hope that our raw materials will sustain our prosperity? Or do we need to become aggressively proactive in building a new knowledge-based economy? The latter will take much greater effort than has been deployed so far.
Economic issues might come back to the fore. I know a great many Conservatives who remain deeply frustrated that they are polling so badly as a party, despite polling so well on issues that matter dearly to millions of voters. This might give them some hope.
If the feds want the fund to serve as a catalyst for domestic investment, then its mandate, governance, and investment architecture must reflect that ambition.
The sectors in which governments are now making significant long-term investments are those where women’s participation remains lowest.
Boosting skilled trades is critical to many of the Carney government’s plans to reinvent our economy. Carney has said that, by 2033, Canada will need more than 1.4 million new trades workers ‘to build homes, expand transit and develop energy infrastructure across the country.’
A long-term bid to renew the country’s economic promise costs money, and it’s not going to happen without first laying serious financial groundwork.
Canada is not on track to meet any of its climate targets, according to a February Canadian Climate Institute report, but Conservative Senator David Wells says it’s time to ‘let free enterprise flourish.’
The federal government is becoming a shareholder in many Canadian firms as it seeks the capital it needs to build planned projects or launch new technologies.
The September 2026 Canada Investment Summit is a chance to make that case loudly, and to show that this country is not just open for business, but is ready to make it easy to do business here.
Personal data should not be weaponized to squeeze more money out of people who are already stretched thin.
Some of the laws set for amendments by the new Liberal majority government are the Employment Insurance Act, Canada Transportation Act, and Red Tape Reduction Act.
The 2025-26 deficit is down $11.4-billion compared to the 2025 budget’s forecast, but will reach nearly the same level projected for 2026-27, with an anticipated deficit of $65.3-billion.
In this moment, when geopolitical uncertainty is high and the stability of our most important trading relationship is no longer a given, it is critical for our provincial, territorial and federal governments to continue the hard and valuable work and get the job done.
Mark Carney plans to invite the world’s largest investors to a summit in Toronto in September to ‘advance Canada’s nation-building projects.’ But we need to be more than a branch-plant economy.
Reducing internal trade barriers is more important than ever. Encouragingly, Canada is taking positive steps.
Internal trade reform requires not only dismantling entrenched regulatory silos, but engaging thousands of public servants across 14 governments and innumerable departments and ministries to rethink decades of divergent regulatory practice where there can be good reasons for the status quo.
Although provincial and federal political actors broadly agree on the value of a more integrated Canadian market, the biggest obstacle standing between political will and a fully optimized market is our federal system itself.
A purpose‑first Canadian economy is not only more just and sustainable, but also more competitive, resilient, and fiscally responsible.
The Carney government has demonstrated little interest in economy-boosting reforms, and has instead doubled-down on the approach that put Canada in its weak growth position in the first place.
Prime Minister Mark Carney says he plans to directly address Canadians’ concerns using the new format, but one Tory MP says his address was ‘conditioning’ citizens for tougher times ahead.
The problem, as Savvas Chamberlain, founder of one of Canada’s most successful tech companies, sees it, is that Canada is not creating the innovation-led, high-productivity economy needed to boost living standards.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on the feds to scrap all fuel taxes for the rest of the year, whereas the NDP wants oil and gas windfall profits taxed as global fuel prices continue to rise.
In ignoring affordability concerns, the prime minister has created a very precarious situation for his party in the near future.
We need to move our economic ties to China beyond traditional exports to the knowledge-based industries of the future. Understanding the latest five-year plan is a good place to start.
But the bigger question is: if the auto industry is not a growth driver for Canada, what will replace it? The answer is not oil and gas. This is where we need much greater thinking and acting.
