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Making Sense of Canada’s 2023 Federal Government Budget

April 27th 2023

For most Canadians, the annual announcement by the Government of Canada of its Budget is a difficult-to-understand event. It may cause a 24-hour news story, but it probably seems of little importance to people’s daily lives. The numbers reported, usually in billions of dollars, seem incomprehensible. If there is a   ▸


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"Rescinding Resources Transfer Agreements will be Controversial"

April 25th 2023

Canada’s Attorney General and Justice Minister David Lametti has committed to “looking at” rescinding Natural Resources Transfer Agreements to the provinces. In the 1930s, Canada entered into a series of agreements that transferred federal administration and control over land and natural resources to Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. “Those resources were given to   ▸


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January EV Sales Collapse without Subsidies

April 20th 2023

The American Journal of Transportation reports that the global electric vehicle market is facing a collapse. In January only 672,000 EVs sold, which is half the December number and only 3% more than January 2022. EV subsides in many European countries and China were cut in January. One ray of   ▸


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