Canada is currently experiencing anemic economic growth, meaning there is a slowdown in the total production of goods and services per capita. The real GDP growth forecast for 2024 is 0.7 per cent. Despite this, American economist Tyler Cowen recently wrote that Canadians have nothing to worry about when it comes to the economy. While […]
Canadians are losing faith in the economy — and it’s affecting their perception of inequality
Nearly half of Canadian workers feel as though the economic conditions in Canada are “poor,” according to our survey of 2,500 Canadian workers in September of 2023. And another 38 per cent said they believed economic conditions are “only fair.” These findings are unsurprising, given the poor state of the Canadian economy and the growing […]
Canada needs to stop wasting the talent of skilled immigrants
Neoliberal democracies across the world have looked up to Canada as a leader in economically driven immigration. The merit-based immigration system was used to fill labour market shortages and has been a go-to solution to the country’s aging population and recently, the post-pandemic economic recovery. We recently undertook a Photovoice project, Take a Walk in […]