Stop pretending we can function without GDP
Diane Coyle’s history of GDP proves it is the only tool that reliably links prosperity to your personal well-being
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Young Canadians are paying the price for Ottawa’s spending spree
Years of deficit spending are making it harder for Gen Z to build the kind of financial security earlier generations took for granted
Canada’s GST was meant to tame the debt. Now it barely covers the interest
The GST was sold to Canadians as a way to balance the budget, but today it mostly pays the interest on Ottawa’s debt
Canada is taxing the life out of its own economy
Investors follow returns. When productivity lags and taxes bite, money finds a better home
Cutting asylum seekers’ health care to fund defence won’t save money
Deny basic care to refugees now and hospital emergency rooms will absorb the fallout later
Carney’s GST credit tweaks won’t fix Canada’s affordability crisis
Tinkering with the GST credit may sound helpful, but it isn’t the kind of relief most families are looking for
You know that grocery rebate Carney is rolling out?
It’s fixing a problem Parliament created and you’ll end up paying for
