Le Systemiste

Tag: economics

  • Carney brings great solutions, but is he misdiagnosing the problem?

    This was published in the Globe and Mail on Nov. 26, 2025 Mark Carney’s economic agenda seeks to promote private investment by building infrastructure and providing more support to business – at least according to his speeches and the most recent budget. This approach echoes Stephen Harper’s 2006 strategy and differs markedly from Justin Trudeau’s vision of building a…

  • A better way to help the working poor

    This article was published in Policy Options on June 25, 2025: https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/june-2025/minimum-wage-alternatives/ Minimum wages are going up – Quebec raised its rate on May 1 and Ontario and British Columbia followed on June 1.  Some see the increases as insufficient to meet current costs of living while others argue they are too costly and will lead to massive layoffs.…

  • It is time to improve our countercyclical fiscal support

    This article (with a different title) was published in the Globe and Mail on March 6, 2025 Federal and provincial governments plan to introduce pandemic-style measures to support businesses and workers if the U.S. administration carries out its tariff threats. Experience with past recessions suggests there is a risk this support may come too late…

  • The federal government did not meet a fiscal guardrail. So what?

    This article was published in the Globe and Mail on Dec. 16th, 2024 Monday’s fall economic statement put the federal deficit for the last fiscal year at $61.9-billion. As a result, the federal government did not meet one of its fiscal guardrails. So what? Why are so many people up in arms that the government…