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Opinion: Ottawa should stop capping payday interest rates

Opinion: Ottawa should stop capping payday interest rates

A better policy than price control, which seldom works, would be to improve competition and transparency in the market for payday loans You can...

27.06.2025 1

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Jeremy Kronick

Opinion: The West needs reform from, and in, Ottawa

Opinion: The West needs reform from, and in, Ottawa

If colonialism is the subjugation of one region for the benefit of another, Western Canada’s predicament fits the definition all too well You can...

27.06.2025 10

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Jack Mintz And Morten Paulsen

William Watson: New research finds that sleep trumps social justice

William Watson: New research finds that sleep trumps social justice

After looking at 2000 determinants of well-being, economists find the most important are personal: family, health, financial security You can save...

26.06.2025 2

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William Watson

Opinion: Let’s open our skies unilaterally and see how the U.S. responds

Opinion: Let’s open our skies unilaterally and see how the U.S. responds

Small border towns in both countries are under-served. Let's let small American carriers in and see if the U.S. doesn't eventually reciprocate You...

26.06.2025 5

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Barry Prentice

Opinion: The Building Canada Act will likely make things worse, not better

Opinion: The Building Canada Act will likely make things worse, not better

We needed a faster process for approving all big investments. What we got instead was cabinet control over who gets to skip the reviews You can...

26.06.2025 3

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Niels Veldhuis And Jason Clemens

Gwyn Morgan: A former central banker should be more careful with our money

Gwyn Morgan: A former central banker should be more careful with our money

Mark Carney said he'd be more fiscally conservative than Justin Trudeau. So far his spending plans suggests he'll out-Trudeau Trudeau You can save...

25.06.2025 1

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Matthew Lau: Friedman is still freedom’s happy warrior

Matthew Lau: Friedman is still freedom’s happy warrior

Almost 20 years after his death, his clarity of thought and expression make Milton Friedman the most quoted economist of the 20th century You can...

25.06.2025 1

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Matthew Lau

Opinion: Repeal the EV mandate, Mr. Carney

Opinion: Repeal the EV mandate, Mr. Carney

Donald Trump's pullback on U.S. EV support means the market there will dry up, which puts our own heavily subsidized producers in jeopardy You can...

25.06.2025 1

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Dan Mcteague

Opinion: Canada should press pause on the Digital Services Tax

Opinion: Canada should press pause on the Digital Services Tax

The head of the American Chamber of Commerce in Canada argues now is a bad time to impose a new tax on big U.S. tech companies You can save this...

25.06.2025 1

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Rick Tachuk

William Watson: Canada strong? On farm cartels, Canada pitiful

William Watson: Canada strong? On farm cartels, Canada pitiful

Canadian MPs are aghast at how much their U.S. counterparts fear Donald Trump. What about their own relationship with the dairy lobby? You can save...

24.06.2025 5

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William Watson

Joe Oliver: Canada’s misplaced moral neutrality

Joe Oliver: Canada’s misplaced moral neutrality

By refusing to endorse Israel's attack on Iran's nuclear weapons program our government missed a chance to be on the right side of history You can...

24.06.2025 1

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Joe Oliver

Opinion: We needed to get rid of the dairy cartel, not sanctify it in law

Opinion: We needed to get rid of the dairy cartel, not sanctify it in law

Supply management complicates trade policy at a crucial time and blocks interprovincial trade, which the Liberals say they want to encourage You...

20.06.2025 10

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Lawrence L. Herman