NORTHERN ECONOMIST 2.0

  I have already opined on the recent report putting forth options for the reform of Thunder Bay City Council, but the ma...

  Municipal budget season is well underway in Thunder Bay, but the main public theatrics over the 2025 budget should be tr...

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

  The Corporation of the City of Thunder Bay’s Council Composition Committee has after a number of months of deliberation ...

 Teranet and the National Bank of Canada have released their latest Composite Price Index covering the April 2024 to May 2024 period coverin...

 Statistics Canada has released its population estimates for sub-provincial areas as of July 1, 2023 and they show rapid growth in populatio...

 As the federal government ramps up the billions to address the housing crisis in Canada including $6 billion to construct housing infrastru...

  The Mayor’s State of the City Address last evening highlighted  housing construction in Thunder Bay particularly toutin...

  As the 2024 municipal budget season wraps up, it is worth looking at where Thunder Bay has been going over the last deca...

  Public sector size and its impact on the economy is a long-standing research question in public finance.   In the case o...

  It is municipal budget season in  Ontario and Canada and this year’s proposed budget increases appear to be quite large....