Le Systemiste

Tag: business

  • Should Carney, the businessman, really run Canada like a business?

    This article was published in the Globe and Mail on October 30th, 2025 As Prime Minister, Mark Carney has adopted the language of the private sector – talking up investments in targeted industries, housing construction, export marketing and public work force reductions. Commentators have said he is running the government like a CEO and will run Canada like a business.…

  • How to reduce youth unemployment

    This article was published in the Globe and Mail on October 16th 2025 Last Friday, labour-force statistics showed the unemployment rate held steady at 7.1 per cent in September and the youth jobless rate rose to 14.7 per cent. The difficulty young Canadians face in finding jobs drew considerable attention this summer. Commentators noted it was the…

  • Ottawa embraces Luddite thinking in forcing civil servants back to the office

    This article was published in the Globea and Mail:https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-ottawa-embraces-luddite-thinking-in-forcing-civil-servants-back-to-the/ Obviously, there are cases where adopting remote work will not be possible or beneficial, even with complementary organizational changes, and employers have the power to dictate where and how employees complete their work. But the problem with the federal government’s decision to force employees back to the office…