The OECD have weighed in on what policy measures are needed to limit the damage of long term unemployment in the aftermath of the Great Recession. I…

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The Prime Minister continues to use the line that all credible economists support further cuts to the corporate tax rate. Jim Stanford’s fabulous piece put…

Unemployment Rate and EI Beneficiaries As Percent of Unemployed December 2010 Unemployment Rate EI Beneficiaries as % of Unemployed Canada 7.7% 44.3% Montreal 8.5% 35.2%…

A quick and easy way to get a very bad bad headache is to attempt to compare and contrast the fiscal plans attached to the…

(An addition to my earlier post given that it is being construed as an endorsement –  I found the NDP platform which was released after…

If you head to the end of the Conservative platform, you will find that they plan to add almost $1 Billion in net new spending/tax cuts…

Tomorrow, Statistics Canada will release the labour force survey numbers for March. This may raise the low profile of the jobs issue in the election…

It is notable that the Globe has run a major story today – on p.1, above the fold in the print edition – drawing attention to the…

Visiting Atlantic Canada  today, the Prime Minister  re-announced the modest EI measures from the Budget. By way of background, in February, there were 1,448,500 unemployed workers, up…

Prime Minister Harper today re-announced the 2011 Budget proposal to introduce a one year program to reduce EI employer premiums by up to $1,000 for…

Harper’s key framing argument is that a stable majority is needed to maintain an economic recovery which would be derailed by a coalition. I find…