When Ottawa announced it would do something to help the ailing oil and gas industry in the wake of the COVID pandemic and subsequent price war, we were …
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Time to Enhance Financial Instruments for Local Government
Watching municipal governments around the province wrestle with budgets in the wake of the COVID19 outbreak, it is a stark reminder that the time is long past …
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Big Drop followed by Big Rebound
There is something of a consensus starting to build around what we can expect the provincial economy to do in the next year or two. In announcing the Bank of …
We’re Starting to Get a More Refined Economic Picture
The story is still the same….but the numbers are changing. With each passing week, the condition of the provincial economy is changing and trying to keep up …
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Looking at Some New Numbers
Trying to figure out how much damage the provincial economy is sustaining from the COVID-19 virus pandemic is a little like trying to catch a falling knife. …
Exporters Already Dealing with Recession
The forecasters are sticking to their story that the Canadian economy grew in the last quarter of 2019 but every set of numbers that is coming out suggest it …
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