November 12, 2021 | Following a dialogue between The Hub and Max Bell School Director Chris Ragan, this article outlines the history of the Bank of Canada's agreement with the federal government...
If recent history is any guide, the Government of Canada and the Bank of Canada will be announcing a new mandate for the Bank within the next several weeks. There are many available choices but...
November 4, 2021 | Governments worldwide have run huge deficits to deal with COVID-19. Should we be about this ballooning debt, or do deficits not matter anymore? Max Bell School director Chris...
October 21, 2021 | In this op-ed for Maclean's Max Bell School director Chris Ragan, Dale Beugin and Gord Lambert explain why ahead of COP26, Alberta needs to prepare for the inevitability of a low...
October 5, 2021 | With vaccination rates relatively high across the country, Canada has moved past the worst stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. That said, the crisis is by no means over, and many...
August 23, 2021 | When voters went to the polls in the recent federal election, climate change was front of mind for many. For the first time, all major parties had credible plans to reduce...
September 12, 2021 | The 44th federal election campaign is over, and the Liberals have clung to their plurality of seats in the House of Commons, setting them up to form another minority government...
August 31, 2021 | The NDP has pledged to close loopholes in Canada's carbon pricing regime that provide a discount to industrial polluters. Some economists, including Max Bell School director Chris...
August 20, 2021 | The Bank of Canada's mandate renewal—usually a mundane and technical affair—is generating interest in the political sphere as Canadas 44th federal election gets underway. In this...
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