Economy
Understanding Non-Compete Agreements
Explore the impact of non-competes on workers and businesses
Why We Need to Supercharge Carbon Pricing
A carbon emissions market is necessary but insufficient to reach climate targets. Here’s the case for clean tech subsidies and alternate financing
Should Non-Compete Agreements Be Non-Starters?
Provisions that limit worker mobility have at least one thing going for them: they encourage investment in training
The Politics of Monetary Policy
The central bank worsens wealth inequality by supporting the financial sector at the expense of others
How Polluters Weaponize Trade Pacts
Canada’s efforts to phase out fossil fuels are stymied by foreign investors’ threats to drain public coffers
Tracking the Rise of Zombie Companies
The last 30 years have been good for the corporate walking dead. But for how much longer?
Trading on Values
In recasting its geopolitical strategy, Canada focuses on shared values with like-minded nations. It could work, if we don’t overplay our hand
How to Combat the Talent Shortage
Learn what you can do to get and keep the best people
Where Did All the Workers Go?
The worker shortage in key industries looks to be with us for years to come. Here’s how businesses and governments should respond
The War in Ukraine and Climate Change
The invasion highlights both the dangers of ignoring producer responsibility for fossil fuels and the opportunity to embrace it
Time to Put Geopolitics on the Board Agenda
Canadian companies have for decades benefited from stable global political foundations. But how much longer?
After COP26, Fixing Fossil Fuel Finance
The transition to serious clean energy financing gets a global boost