Although recent strength in the Canadian economy is welcome, the Bank of Canada may be giving Canadians too much of a good thing, says a C.D. Howe Institute Commentary released today.

During their years as prime minister and finance minister, Jean Chrétien and Paul Martin have presided over a remarkable restoration of federal fiscal health. The federal budget for fiscal year 1993/94 showed a $42 billion deficit; this fiscal year, current…

ONE of the most pressing policy puzzles of the mid-1990s is why it is so difficult for young Canadians to find jobs. Employment growth for those under 25 has been positive in only five of the past 15 years, and…

The welfare reform program that Alberta embarked on in 1993 has reduced the province’s welfare caseload, as a percentage of its population, to levels not seen since before the early 1980s’ recession, a success that has important lessons for other…

Many working Canadians are getting an unpleasant surprise with their first paycheques of 1997 — higher employment insurance (EI) deductions, and lower take-home pay.  What happened? Didn’t the July 1996 reforms to the old UI program (which also changed its…