Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre delivers a speech at the Canada Building Trades Union conference in April 2024 in Gatineau, Québec. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Poilievre’s suggestion that businesses should lobby the people, not government, is problematic

Requiring businesses to lobby through the people, not government, as Pierre Poilievre recently suggested, may sound like a better way to make policy. It’s not.
A camper gets hauled away by authorities in Ottawa in front of a Bank of Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston

How authorities are targeting the ‘freedom convoy’ money via the Emergencies Act

The backbone of the so-called freedom convoy’s activities was its access to a steady flow of financing from donors both domestic and foreign. The Emergencies Act put a stop to that.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos speaks via video conference during a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing on antitrust on Capitol Hill on July 29, 2020, in Washington. (Pool via AP/Graeme Jennings)

How open data could tame Big Tech’s power and avoid a breakup

Taming Big Tech’s market power requires addressing their monopoly over user-related data collection instead of employing traditional antitrust measures such as breaking up the firms.
Le déficit fédéral du Canada est monté en flèche depuis le début de la pandémie de coronavirus. Comment Ottawa va-t-il rembourser l'argent qu'il a emprunté ? La Presse Canadienne/Sean Kilpatrick

Même si le déficit canadien explose, voici pourquoi vos impôts ne vont pas augmenter

Le déficit fédéral du Canada a explosé alors qu'Ottawa dépense des milliards en réponse à la crise du coronavirus. Un économiste explique pourquoi ces dépenses massives ne nuiront pas aux Canadiens.
Canada’s federal deficit has skyrocketed since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. How will Ottawa pay back the money its borrowed? THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Paying for the pandemic: Why the government’s massive coronavirus spending may not lead to higher taxes

Canada’s federal deficit has ballooned as Ottawa spends billions in response to the coronavirus pandemic. An economist explains why the massive spending will not harm Canadians in the future.

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