Government role
LIKE WE DIDN’T KNOW
If it wasn’t for bad jobs there woudn’t be any jobs at all
IT’S TOUGH TO FIND A GOOD JOB THESE DAYS. So tough even the banks admit it. That’s just what the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce did in its latest economics report. Here’s their first sentence, “Is the quality of employment in Canada in decline?” Their answer: “We think so.” NFK!
HOOPED
The 59 tax breaks you won't ever get
YOU'RE NOT LIKELY TO MAKE THE CUT. The juiciest income tax breaks in Canada are not likely to be within your reach. You're not likely to make enough to cash in on any of them. It's Catch 22 one more time: only the ones who need them the least, get them the most.
TAPPED OUT
The Broke Generation
Kids these days are worse off than their parents were at their age—so badly so, that many cannot afford to have children of their own.
“My worry is that I’m going to be, you know, with college-age kids some day and still paying my loan.”
Brittany Verge
Industrial strategy seen as way to save environment
An industrial strategy represents the best opportunity to make the shift to the zero carbon economy needed to avoid the risks and disruptions expected as climate change gets worse. That’s the conclusion of environmental campaigner Andrew Simms in an op-ed in the Guardian this week.
Research Outlines Economic and Environmental Benefits of Producing Steel in Canada
A recently released research paper from the United Steelworkers (USW), The Case for Canada’s Steel Industry, raises a couple of concerns that need to be part of any decision around supporting the steel industry in Canada.
"One Million Climate Jobs" Plan Delivers Growth While Protecting the Environment
As the Green Economy Network’s proposal for one million climate jobs shows, it is possible to take action on the economy and climate change at the same time.
Trans-Pacific Partnership criticized for impact on innovation and entrepreneurship
Successive Canadian governments have claimed that trade agreements like the Trans-Pacific Partnership were necessary to build Canada’s economy. Long-standing concerns about the impact on labour standards, environmental regulations and the ability of federal and provincial governments to engage in economic development have been dismissed.
Recently, however, a new concern has emerged.
Gas shortages raise questions
An entire province facing gas shortages for as much as a week is yet another reminder that when things are left to the markets, we have no control over how fuel and other commodities are supplied to us. And when there are shortages of commodities we depend on, we can suddenly be very vulnerable.
RBC Manufacturing Index Shows Lowest Level Since It Started
Last week RBC announced that its Canadian Manufacturing PMI (Purchasing Managers’ Index) had hit a new low in September. The index, based on a survey of manufacturers, found employment and new business were both falling.
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