NORTHERN ECONOMIST 2.0

  The federal election has taken on a somewhat bi-polar ambiance alternating from existential dread in the face of Trumpia...

  NAFTA and its successor CUSMA have been instrumental in growing Canada’s trade and its economy by helping us find market...

  Last evening in Paris, as Canada’s Prime Minister was exiting his vehicle and going into a building, a journalist shoute...

  The last week has been a chaotic one in Ottawa given the resignation of the finance minister on the eve of the Federal Economic and Fiscal...

  Today’s CPI inflation numbers have many breathing a sigh of relief with the expectation that with inflation below 2 per...

  As we move into the final sprint of the US election, it bears as always to pay attention to the economic implications fo...

  Rising crime and perceptions of rising crime in Canadian urban areas have become more concerning as media reports increa...

  A blog post titled  “ Memories of Canadian Federalism ” evokes thoughts of a potential discourse about a President’s Cho...

  Standards of living are marked by a number of indicators most upfront of which are economic measures such as per capita ...

  Having returned from a great visit to Ireland, I have been reflecting on the Irish economy and economic miracle that hav...

 While employment in Canada is up since the pandemic what is disturbing is the shift towards public sector employment combined with a trend ...