NORTHERN ECONOMIST 2.0

   In a recent post in which I dealt with how the trade war had impacted Canada in 2025, I covered several indicators includ...

   The Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association (NOMA) will be meeting April 22 nd to 24 th for its 2026 conference and ...

   Ontario's Premier Ford seems to have grown more theatrical over time in his public pronouncements whether of the econ...

  Welcome to 2026! While everyone is interested in what 2026 will bring economically, it is also important to review what...

Thunder Bay has hit an employment milestone.  Data from the Statistics Canada October 2025 Labour Force Survey shows that for the month of O...

  Thunder Bay even during the trade war has been doing quite well.   Population is up as is total employment in the wake o...

  Well, we are now nearly six months into regime change in American foreign and trade policy and the subsequent the trade ...

  Municipal public finances are always of interest to the average city resident given that municipalities are the level of...

  Technological change has been the chief contributor to economic growth since the industrial revolution. Yet, technologic...

 This post originally appeared in the Fraser Institute Blog .   Ontario’s future as dynamic economy in doubt—if employmen...