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.
- CN-Paul M. Tellier Chair on Business and Public Policy, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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.
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 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 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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