by Lily Dupuis | Mar 31, 2025 | Analysis, Economic Insights, Insights
Since 2019, Canada’s population has increased by 10%, adding 3.7 million new residents—most of whom settled in major cities. To keep housing affordable, cities need to build 417 homes for every 1,000 new residents to maintain housing availability (assuming household...
by Lily Dupuis | Mar 17, 2025 | Analysis, Economic Insights, Insights
In a now widely circulated clip, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed, “Tariffs are a tax cut for the American people.” Reality proves the opposite: tariffs raise prices, and are in fact a tax increase on American consumers. But how do...
by Lily Dupuis | Mar 10, 2025 | Analysis, Economic Insights, Insights
Tariffs and uncertainty are top of mind as we enter provincial budget season, but in Alberta, something else caught peoples’ attention: a tax cut. In the latest Alberta Budget, the government announced that it was lowering the personal income tax rate from...
by Lily Dupuis | Mar 3, 2025 | Analysis, Economic Insights, Insights
President Trump made headlines recently saying that the U.S. doesn’t need Canadian oil. If history is any indication, though, they certainly do. Since the early 2010s, the US has ramped up domestic production by a whopping 144%—largely thanks to improvements in...
by Lily Dupuis | Feb 24, 2025 | Analysis, Economic Insights, Insights
Canada’s federal bureaucracy has grown massively in recent years. Federal public service employment, which includes those working for departments like the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) and Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has increased by 43% since...
by Lily Dupuis | Feb 18, 2025 | Analysis, Economic Insights, Insights
While tariff threats are being thrown out like candy at a parade, it’s worth remembering that the laws of economics are not in President Trump’s favour. And that’s especially true when it comes to tariffs across North America. Why? Because the North...
