It’s the low cost of daycare services—the subsidies—that allow mothers to access the labour market, not the daycare system as such.

What if governments’ recovery plans—both US President Joe Biden’s and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s—don’t stimulate the economy such that it grows in the medium and long term?

April 24, 2021 | 6 min. 09 sec. | The Roy Green Show (Global Radio) Interview with Maria Lily Shaw, Economist at […]

The excessively low interest rates that currently prevail mean that the amount needed to service the debt may soon increase substantially.

Il est possible pour le gouvernement de sortir de ce cercle vicieux, mais cela nécessitera de la discipline et des cibles très claires.

On Monday April 19, the federal government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau presented its first budget in over two years. In this publication, Montreal Economic Institute researchers shine a spotlight on the rapid growth of debt service charges.

Those looking for a sign that the winds have indeed changed in the United States could do worse than that country’s proposal for a global minimum corporate tax rate of 21%.

As we come out of this major health crisis in the coming months, let’s give all our entrepreneurs as much freedom as possible to get their businesses revving again, and get people back to work to fulfil our needs on the market.

The 2020 tax year will undoubtedly be one of the most complicated in history, with tax preparers “bracing for a tsunami of complex returns and taxpayer anxiety.”

When it comes to wealth taxes, the sensible course of action is to ignore the NDP, whose case for the tax is full of holes.