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At the halfway point of a notably turbulent 2026, Canadian policymakers and business leaders are navigating an uncertain and, at times, perilous economic landscape. President Donald Trump’s continued indiscriminate use of tariffs to compel other...
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From our friends at the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (don't worry, ICBA members: Chris isn't going anywhere!):
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The following op-ed, written by ICBA Chief Economist Jock Finlayson and consulting economist Ken Peacock, was first published in Business in...
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In a recent report, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business lamented Canada’s “entrepreneurial drought,” as the ranks of new businesses...
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ICBA just released our Federal Government Policy Priorities for 2026, and the message is blunt: stop strangling the projects that pay for everything...
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The following op-ed by ICBA Chief Economist Jock Finlayson first appeared in the Toronto Sun on June 4, 2026.
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A generation ago, B.C. overturned the ban on Sunday shopping. Today, we’d consider it absurd to keep shops artificially closed on Sundays. But many...
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