Armine Yalnizyan
Hamilton Spectator
Canada
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Affordability — not inflation — is the biggest crisis Canada’s economy faces today
Five fiscal approaches, writes Armine Yalnizyan, could lower costs, tackle long-term affordability and create more economic resilience → Read More
The Bank of Canada says ‘The Plan’ always works. History says otherwise
What’s certain is The Plan — raising interest rates to halt inflation — is still The Plan. And The Plan doesn’t always work, Armine Yalnizyan writes. → Read More
Enbridge has hiked gas prices again — and heating prices for some could double this winter
Europe has already taken measures to protect its citizens from soaring energy prices. Here’s why Canada likely won’t follow suit. → Read More
One in six households in Ontario is now struggling with food insecurity. Here’s why it’s going to get worse
The chattering classes have embraced a new economic theme: government efforts to fight inflation will trigger more inflation. They’re wrong, Armine Yalnizyan writes. → Read More
Where is your ER doctor? Cleaning the rooms; there’s no one else there to do it
Not only is there no plan to fix this ER doctor’s light bulb, reboot his computer system or clean his examination room so he can do his job, there is no plan to fix health care, period, Armine Yalnizyan writes. → Read More
If getting your child-care rebate seems like a mess, that’s because, behind the scenes, it is
With no overarching strategy or system for tackling this ambitious project, municipalities are scrambling to get things moving, Armine Yalnizyan writes. → Read More
Forget inflation: Stagflation, the ugly reality where both prices and job loss are on the rise, is our bigger threat
The “cure” for inflation — rate hikes to cool higher prices — is almost guaranteed to be worse than the disease, Armine Yalnizyan writes. → Read More
Ford must care for people like he does cars
The Conservative approach to recovery includes lots of physical infrastructure, yet our biggest deficits are in social infrastructure, Armine Yalnizyan writes. → Read More
Inflation is back to 1991 levels, but that doesn’t mean the federal budget should be a ’90s remix
The federal budgets of 1947 and 1974 both acknowledged global events were shaping the moment, but did not dwell on what they could not control, Armine Yalnizyan writes. → Read More
Amid spiralling costs for Canadians and atrocities abroad, deficit is not a dirty word
Tackling the affordability crisis in Canada shouldn’t stop us from also spending big on climate change and defence. Because as an economic superpower we can, we must, Armine Yalnizyan writes. → Read More
What goes up must come down. Here’s why the same will be true of excessive inflation
Our inflation shock is driven by supply constraints, not overdemand, and once we’re through the pandemic, price increases could fall back to pretty stable rates, Armine Yalnizyan writes. → Read More
Why you’ll help foot the bill for billions lost due to Ottawa protests — whatever your views
The so-called ‘working-class protest’ in Ottawa hurt the working class the most, and we’re all going to pick up the tab for the damage done, Armine Yalnizyan writes. → Read More
Public policy on migrants contributing to low wage growth
Ottawa may have opened Pandora’s box in deal with Quebec that permits greater share of migrants in the workplace, Amine Yalnizyan writes → Read More
The new fiscal federalism will change your life. But how?
How the federal role affects the quantity, quality and costs of care will shape the type of economy and country we live in, writes Armine Yalnizyan. → Read More
Why is the Ford government suddenly raising wages and helping vulnerable workers? There’s a good reason — we’ve seen this before
Faced with an impending election, conservatives in Ontario and elsewhere are embracing a populism that woos members of the working class who don’t wan... → Read More
Why Canada could be in for an amazing economic renaissance once the government aid taps are turned off
First, expect federal help to be extended. But Canada also stands a chance of an economic renaissance as the pandemic revolutionizes how we work and h... → Read More
As the population ages prepare for decades of complaints about how hard it is to find good help
The pandemic poured accelerant on what was the underlying trend: more exits from than entries to the labour market, writes economist Armine Yalnizyan ... → Read More
The Saturday Debate: Is it time to bury the idea of a universal basic income?
A high-profile report out of B.C. recently concluded a universal basic income was not the best strategy for poverty reduction. → Read More
COVID-19’s impact: not recession, but a completely different economics
The recession brought on by COVID-19 will be unlike any we have seen before. → Read More
How to help workers and the economy during the COVID-19 crisis
As the public health and economic crises become more clearly intertwined, all federal parties should collaborate not just to suspend Parliament, but t... → Read More