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Mexico’s middle class gaining from economic growth; Canada and the U.S. trailing
HALIFAX –– An examination of income inequality in North America reveals that Mexico is the only part of the continent where the middle class has…
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Instability Implications of Increasing Inequality
What can be learned from North America? Download 1.13 MB 40 pages This study focuses on the implications of inequality trends in the U.S., Canada…
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BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Spring 2012, Volume 15, Number 2 Download 1.1 MB8 pages Inside this issue: Enbridge pipe dreams and nightmares by Marc Lee What are the alternatives…
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Inflation On Target; Exchange Rate Off Target
Today, Statistics Canada reported an annual inflation rate of 2%, precisely in line with the Bank of Canada’s target. With inflation under control and renewed risks to…
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Infographic: The Three Amigos
How income inequality in Mexico is different than Canada and the U.S. Click the infographic below to enlarge, and read the related report here.
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Look at the other side of the petrodollar coin
Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty recently spoke publicly about the problems Canada’s oil-powered currency was causing for his province’s manufacturing industry. But his words were drowned…
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So why is all the good writing on privatization of liquor distribution in the business press?
Privatization of government assets is always a controversial subject. One side says the genius of the marketplace will cut costs and improve efficiency. The other…
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De-growth or growth? Maybe we don’t need to figure that out
There has recently been a renewed interest in the question of whether the ecological crisis means we need to see (or plan for) a stabilization…
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Federal jobs cuts: Clarity is always one year away
I’ve commented on federal job cuts many times before (here, here, here & here) and in the interests of flogging this particular horse (no animals were harmed in the…
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