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James Hardwick

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Don’t call it a sovereign wealth fund

Don’t call it a sovereign wealth fund

Carney’s ‘Canada Strong Fund’ is poised to divert infrastructure and development spending to his friends in the private sector

05.05.2026 7

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James Hardwick

Canada has become a hostage of its own housing bubble

24.12.2025 30

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James Hardwick

Mark Carney’s new housing agency is built to protect the bubble

03.12.2025 20

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James Hardwick

The deficit is not an economic problem—it’s a political weapon

14.11.2025 10

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The Regina Manifesto’s unfinished business: the case for public banking

11.11.2025 10

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Canadians are on year three of a people’s recession

Why your bank account feels the squeeze while GDP rises

22.10.2025 10

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Canada’s debt time bomb

The next crisis will be blamed on debtors, but it was engineered by speculators and their allies in government

08.10.2025 10

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What if productivity isn’t the problem?

Canada’s pampered private sector has stalled progress for decades. It’s time to rewrite the rules of the economy

16.08.2025 10

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Mark Carney is no wartime homebuilder

The PM’s market-oriented solutions bear little resemblance to the wartime housing policies he claims are his inspiration

17.06.2025 20

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What we really mean when we talk about solving the housing crisis

Despite billions spent, the housing crisis persists. It’s time to ask what problem our politicians are really trying to solve

07.06.2025 10

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The supply and demand myth of housing

Simply building new homes isn’t enough to solve the housing crisis—what we build and for whom matters a lot more

20.05.2025 10

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James Hardwick

Federal housing plans keep us trapped in a no-win situation

A critical examination of the federal parties’ housing promises

06.05.2025 10

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Rent control goes a long way to solving the housing crisis

Canada’s history shows rent control works—it’s time to bring it back

12.04.2025 20

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Why landlords need to be regulated

No power in the country can stop a landlord from being a landlord. It’s time to change that

05.04.2025 10

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I read Mark Carney’s book so you don’t have to

Carney’s commitment to shoring up the neoliberal status quo will only undermine Canada in the long term

18.03.2025 20

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James Hardwick