by admin | Jun 28, 2021 | Analysis, Insights
Albertans have long known that even if it hurts them at the gas pumps, high oil prices are good for the provincial economy. For a province beset with seemingly endless challenges over the last six years, news that benchmark crude oil prices had surpassed US$70/barrel...
by admin | Jun 17, 2021 | Analysis, Insights
Climate change is one of the greatest global environmental and economic challenges of our time. An energy transition or evolution is underway in response to the scientific consensus that future global temperature growth needs to be limited. New green energy sources...
by admin | Jun 10, 2021 | Analysis, Insights
In this series on inequality, we seek to better understand the gap between low- and high-income earners and its potential consequences in Canada. In this second commentary, we take a look at how to measure inequality, and at the levels and...
by admin | May 20, 2021 | Analysis, Insights
A virus may be amoral but its impact in society is not. This past year has been defined by more than disease; it has also been defined by inequality—the gap between low and high-income individuals, and those who have had the ability to work from home versus those who...
by admin | Apr 14, 2021 | Analysis, Insights
What we are looking for in the 2021 Federal BudgetNext week’s budget will signal Canada’s policy trajectory from pandemic response to recovery and resilience. Here are five things we’ll be watching for movement on, which are priorities for the people and businesses of...
by admin | Apr 13, 2021 | Analysis, Insights
In the early 20th century, Henry Ford revolutionized the mass production of automobiles by creating the world’s first moving assembly line for vehicle manufacturing. Ford wasn’t the first person to envision a future with mass uptake in consumer automobile use, but his...
