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Canada’s Inflation Ended?
On September 17, 2023 Statistics Canada announced that the Consumer Price Index rose 2.0% year over year. This was reported… READ MORE
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Reporting Economic Impacts
Reporting economic impacts of a proposed undertaking or policy, is a common use of economic statistics and tools. The report… READ MORE
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Greenhouse Gas Reductions: Status
This post presents the latest data for greenhouse gas emission intensities in Canada. Statistics Canada reports annual greenhouse gas emissions… READ MORE
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Family Income
Canada’s income tax system did dampened the impact of the last two economic shocks on families with two adults with… READ MORE
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Small Towns and Big Economies
This post documents key characteristics of selected labour markets within Ontario. It establishes benchmarks for future assessments of these communities.… READ MORE
wisdom for this month
James Graham on the lingering and as yet unresolved effect of the 2008 global Financial Crisis (Reuters digital July 17, 2025)
…We’d been promised that this was the end of history and that everything was inevitably going to be a linear advancement towards progress and improvement. … I had no idea the longer, bigger crises and anger that was going to be coming down the line.
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