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Opinion: The budget got one thing right — living standards are slipping. Then it made things worse

Business investment per worker has been falling in real terms here while rising strongly in the U.S. The budget does nothing to boost it You can save...

19.04.2024 10

Financial Post

William Robson

Opinion: Kudos to Nova Scotia for a budget that declines to profit from inflation

If governments want to raise taxes they should do so openly, not by hauling in more revenue as prices rise without anything real changing By William...

15.03.2024 10

Financial Post

William Robson

Gripped by Toronto’s annual budget panic? Just wait for the surplus

A Toronto city worker shovels snow outside of Toronto City Hall in Toronto, on Feb 29, 2020. Cole Burston/The Canadian Press William Robson is the...

17.01.2024 10

The Globe and Mail

William Robson

Higher immigration without business investment lowers Canadian living standards

People walk in Vancouver’s business district over the lunch hour on April 22, 2022. JENNIFER GAUTHIER/The Globe and Mail William Robson is chief...

13.11.2023 10

The Globe and Mail

William Robson

William Robson: Don’t limit Canadian investors' access to foreign assets

The reason for slow investment growth is that taxes and regulations have consistently reduced the return to assets Is the federal government thinking...

08.11.2023 8

Financial Post

William Robson

Why are Canadian governments so slow to release budgets and public accounts?

Canada geese fly towards the West Block tower as fog fills Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Nov 4, 2022. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press Nicholas...

01.11.2023 9

The Globe and Mail

William Robson

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