Harpernomics 101: low-income jobs growing, high-income jobs falling

Published January 28, 2015

Jason Kenney wasn’t quick to Tweet about Wednesday’s employment numbers. Stephen Harper’s employment minister faced a double dose of bad news on the job front. Great to see the creation of 54,000 full time #jobs last month: http://t.co/9hOMc20dD9 — Jason Kenney ن (@kenneyjason) January 9, 2015 New Statistics Canada data shows that the quality of Canadian jobs has declined since 2006 — the […]

6 deceptive stories Stephen Harper will tell you during the 2015 election

Published January 27, 2015

With a federal election less than nine months away, Stephen Harper is already polishing his stump speech. The prime minister just offered an early indication of the themes — and track record — he will trumpet on the campaign trail. But from banks to budget watchdogs, second-guessing the government has become a popular hobby these days. On Tuesday, the parliamentary budget […]

10 songs that explain why the Harper economy is out of tune

Published January 20, 2015

They say music is the universal language. So maybe it can offer the Conservatives a way to explain their struggling economic policies. Postmedia’s Michael Den Tandt argues the Tories “grand economic strategy” is “in ruins.” Former parliamentary budget officer, Kevin Page, calls the Conservatives reputation as strong fiscal managers a “great confabulation” and Canada’s fiscal numbers a […]

VIDEO: 4 Tory tall tales from Jason Kenney

Published January 19, 2015

Employment Minister Jason Kenney is quite the storyteller. Or so he proved while making the rounds on the Sunday morning national TV circuit. And you know what that means? It’s time for a fact check! (Update: In fact, even a government “senior official” has now joined in the fact-checking fun.) 1. Canada is on pace to be […]

Pro-life group fears “gay agenda” will plant ideas in the minds of Ontario’s school kids

Published January 16, 2015

Cover your ears and avert your eyes, children! Canada’s biggest pro-life group says Ontario’s government will harm young children by introducing a “radical” new sexual education curriculum in 2015 — one largely based on an update the government first considered in 2010. Campaign Life Coalition sats Ontario’s 2010 sex-ed curriculum — the basis of the 2015 version to […]

6 ways crashing oil prices could shake up Canada’s economy

Published January 14, 2015

Falling oil prices are a potential game changer for Canada. From real estate to renewable energy, from tax policy to the manufacturing sector, we could see a whole new country. The experts aren’t certain if (or when) oil prices will recover. Of course, this volatility shouldn’t come as a surprise. We’ve been warned for years that […]

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