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Ontario’s budget includes new spending and a nod to fiscal sustainability
After postponing its budget this spring to deal with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Ontario released its 2020 budget today, coined “Ontario’s Action Plan: Protect, Support, Recover”. The budget contained a large deficit over the next few years, which… Read More ›
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E-Sight November 4: US election fails to deliver clear outcome; Canada’s exporters struggling to return to pre-COVID levels, Cracks in Condo markets
The US election failed to deliver a clear outcome on election night, and votes are still being tallied today. At the time of writing this, Biden had 248 electoral college votes versus 214 for Trump. It takes 270 electoral college votes… Read More ›
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E-Sight November 2: Canada raises immigration levels, Indigenous workers hard hit by the recession, bracing for the US election
On Friday, the Government of Canada announced its 2021-23 immigration targets. Despite the pandemic and the recent rise in unemployment, the Government has increased its immigration target for 2021 from 351,000 new permanent residents to 401,000. The target inflow in 2022 is… Read More ›
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E-Sight October 30: Canadian Economic Recovery is Losing Momentum, US Election Looms
The Canadian economy grew by 1.2% in August, slightly better than the 1% flash estimate for the month that Statistics Canada provided alongside the release of GDP figures for July. Despite the slightly better-than-expected reading, growth has slowed sharply in… Read More ›
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Craig Alexander
President, Alexander Economic Views; Chief Economist & Exective Advisor at Deloitte Canada A senior executive and leading economist with 20 years of progressive experience in applied economics and forecasting. A strong and motivational leader with experience managing a large team… Read More ›
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