Showing posts with label covid. Show all posts
Showing posts with label covid. Show all posts
Thursday, 11 May 2023

Global Aftermath: The Economic and Fiscal Effects of COVID in Canada and the World

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  The write-up accompanying my report on COVID in Canada and the world released today by the Fraser Institute.  The full report is availabl...
Tuesday, 15 February 2022

COVID19 Update for Ontario and Thunder Bay District

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 Reported COVID19 cases in Ontario are falling as are hospitalizations .  The current wave of COVID19 appears to be in decline in the provin...
Saturday, 23 October 2021

Ontario’s Pandemic Sees Light at the End of the Tunnel But Not for All

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  Ontario is holding out the hope of light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel as its daily case counts hover around 400 and...
Sunday, 22 August 2021

An Economic Region Approach to COVID-19 in Ontario

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  Today’s numbers show 722 COVID-19 cases for Ontario and marks five consecutive days of increases that have practically d...
Monday, 9 August 2021

Is Ontario's COVID Drama Starting Anew?

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  The last few days of daily Covid-19 case counts for Ontario show a small spike.   As Figure 1 illustrates, from daily ca...
Friday, 15 January 2021

Despite spending hundreds of billions during COVID, we seem to have little to show for it...

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  As the pandemic moves into 2021, it’s important to reflect on how Canada is dealing with its impact. After a summer that included a semb...
Thursday, 5 November 2020

Why Makings Things Matters in the Age of COVID: A Tale of Three Cities

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  The Covid-19 pandemic has come with a huge cost in terms of employment loss with the retail, food and accommodation, and...
Tuesday, 27 October 2020

The Importance of Manufacturing in the Age of COVID-19

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  Ontario’s economy has been hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic.   Seasonally adjusted monthly employment in Ontario betwee...
Saturday, 24 October 2020

Ranking Employment Change in Ontario CMAs During COVID

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 The economic impact of Covid-19 has affected output and employment in economies around the world and of course, Ontario is no exception.  ...
Friday, 25 September 2020

Canadian Universities and COVID-19: Apocalypse ... Not?

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   The academic year at Canada’s universities is well underway albeit in a mainly online/remote format.   It has been an...
Monday, 7 September 2020

In Ontario, Its Back to School...and Back to COVID

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As the September 2020 edition of Labour Day unfolds, the long summer of 2020 which for many students began in March, comes to an en...