http://www2.macleans.ca Canada's only national weekly current affairs magazine. Thu, 23 May 2013 03:07:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/05/economists-canadas-widening-trade-deficit-matters-more-than-the-employment-drop/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/05/economists-canadas-widening-trade-deficit-matters-more-than-the-employment-drop/#comments Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:38:31 +0000 Erica Alini http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=368486 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/05/economists-canadas-widening-trade-deficit-matters-more-than-the-employment-drop/feed/ 0 Plus: what the analysts are saying about U.S. employment and trade data http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/08/unemployment-hits-four-year-low-but-do-not-cheer/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/08/unemployment-hits-four-year-low-but-do-not-cheer/#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:30:14 +0000 Erica Alini http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=348405 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/08/unemployment-hits-four-year-low-but-do-not-cheer/feed/ 0 Job creation slowed in January http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/17/the-new-underclass-readers-respond/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/17/the-new-underclass-readers-respond/#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2013 20:52:28 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=338560 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/17/the-new-underclass-readers-respond/feed/ 0 Does an entire generation of young people have no future? Your thoughts here. http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/16/the-new-underclass/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/16/the-new-underclass/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:45:01 +0000 Chris Sorensen http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=335091 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/16/the-new-underclass/feed/ 0 Why a generation of well-educated, ambitious, smart young Canadians has no future http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/20/hard-times-coming-for-canadian-labour-relations/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/20/hard-times-coming-for-canadian-labour-relations/#comments Thu, 20 Dec 2012 21:33:19 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=329858 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/20/hard-times-coming-for-canadian-labour-relations/feed/ 0 Unions face mounting challenges as employers feel the pinch in a tough economy http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/07/good-news-in-the-labour-market-canadian-productivity-aside/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/07/good-news-in-the-labour-market-canadian-productivity-aside/#comments Fri, 07 Dec 2012 15:48:13 +0000 Erica Alini http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=324836 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/07/good-news-in-the-labour-market-canadian-productivity-aside/feed/ 0 A guide to today's labour market releases http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/02/chart-how-obama-and-romney-are-spinning-the-same-job-number-in-two-opposite-ways/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/02/chart-how-obama-and-romney-are-spinning-the-same-job-number-in-two-opposite-ways/#comments Fri, 02 Nov 2012 14:36:08 +0000 Erica Alini http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=310442 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/02/chart-how-obama-and-romney-are-spinning-the-same-job-number-in-two-opposite-ways/feed/ 0 Was it 26 months of growth, or another sign of a weak recovery? Erica Alini explains http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/01/canadian-and-u-s-employment-numbers-are-out-tomorrow/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/01/canadian-and-u-s-employment-numbers-are-out-tomorrow/#comments Thu, 01 Nov 2012 23:19:56 +0000 Erica Alini http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=310558 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/01/canadian-and-u-s-employment-numbers-are-out-tomorrow/feed/ 0 Here's what to look for http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/09/how-boomers-are-weighing-down-the-employment-rate/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/09/how-boomers-are-weighing-down-the-employment-rate/#comments Tue, 09 Oct 2012 13:27:25 +0000 Stephen Gordon http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=301088 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/09/how-boomers-are-weighing-down-the-employment-rate/feed/ 0 Population aging is affecting the recovery http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/05/time-for-the-conservatives-to-let-go-of-the-job-killing-carbon-tax-talking-point/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/05/time-for-the-conservatives-to-let-go-of-the-job-killing-carbon-tax-talking-point/#comments Fri, 05 Oct 2012 15:12:08 +0000 Stephen Gordon http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=300531 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/05/time-for-the-conservatives-to-let-go-of-the-job-killing-carbon-tax-talking-point/feed/ 0 (and for the NDP to stop believing in it) http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/01/on-a-wing-and-a-jobs-plan/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/01/on-a-wing-and-a-jobs-plan/#comments Mon, 01 Oct 2012 19:29:01 +0000 Chris Sorensen http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=297056 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/01/on-a-wing-and-a-jobs-plan/feed/ 0 A new B.C. program aims to send people on social assistance north to find work http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/13/the-canadian-labour-market-is-already-back-to-normal/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/13/the-canadian-labour-market-is-already-back-to-normal/#comments Thu, 13 Sep 2012 19:35:37 +0000 Stephen Gordon http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=292848 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/13/the-canadian-labour-market-is-already-back-to-normal/feed/ 0 The bathtub theory of unemployment http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/29/sighs-in-the-night-ann-romney-on-women-men-and-economic-anxiety/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/29/sighs-in-the-night-ann-romney-on-women-men-and-economic-anxiety/#comments Wed, 29 Aug 2012 18:15:06 +0000 John Geddes http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=287071 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/29/sighs-in-the-night-ann-romney-on-women-men-and-economic-anxiety/feed/ 0 Among the more striking parts of Ann Romney’s polished, effective speech to the Republican... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/26/the-myth-of-the-skills-mismatch/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/26/the-myth-of-the-skills-mismatch/#comments Thu, 26 Jul 2012 18:44:26 +0000 Tamsin McMahon http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=277179 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/26/the-myth-of-the-skills-mismatch/feed/ 0 Is it workers, jobs or employers that aren't good enough? http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/11/who-had-it-easy-the-job-market-greeting-grads/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/11/who-had-it-easy-the-job-market-greeting-grads/#comments Mon, 11 Jun 2012 17:12:31 +0000 John Geddes http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=265925 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/11/who-had-it-easy-the-job-market-greeting-grads/feed/ 0 There’s been plenty of heated response to Emma Teitel’s “Boomers, You Folks Had it... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/01/current-ei-reforms-should-be-just-the-beginning/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/01/current-ei-reforms-should-be-just-the-beginning/#comments Fri, 01 Jun 2012 16:29:01 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=262408 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/01/current-ei-reforms-should-be-just-the-beginning/feed/ 0 The system Canada has right now is discriminatory, illogical and counterproductive http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/30/the-quiet-cuts-12/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/30/the-quiet-cuts-12/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:56:31 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=255929 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/30/the-quiet-cuts-12/feed/ 0 The Federal Tobacco Control Strategy is being cut, trade consulates will be closed, a... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/03/u-s-unemployment-rate-tumbles/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/03/u-s-unemployment-rate-tumbles/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:03:36 +0000 Richard Warnica http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=237625 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/03/u-s-unemployment-rate-tumbles/feed/ 0 Canada's edged up http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/31/to-have-and-have-not/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/31/to-have-and-have-not/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:20:01 +0000 Alex Ballingall http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/02/to-have-and-have-not/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/31/to-have-and-have-not/feed/ 0 The archetypal "have not" province is bringing in foreign workers to help fill jobs http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/26/what-happens-when-canadas-housing-bubble-pops/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/26/what-happens-when-canadas-housing-bubble-pops/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:56:04 +0000 Erica Alini http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=235659 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/26/what-happens-when-canadas-housing-bubble-pops/feed/ 0 If it’s any consolation, we won’t be going down by ourselves http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/10/ghanas-cursed-growth/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/10/ghanas-cursed-growth/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:29:24 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=232330 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/10/ghanas-cursed-growth/feed/ 0 The oil boom has came with a number of evils–and few jobs http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/04/economy-sheds-most-jobs-since-2009/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/04/economy-sheds-most-jobs-since-2009/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2011 14:12:10 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=223833 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/04/economy-sheds-most-jobs-since-2009/feed/ 1 Unemployment rate climbed to 7.3 per cent, from 7.1 per cent http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/10/war-on-wall-street/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/10/war-on-wall-street/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:40:01 +0000 Nicholas Köhler http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/13/war-on-wall-street/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/10/war-on-wall-street/feed/ 29 A new protest movement, with Canadian ties, is taking shape, and spreading http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/19/the-commons-carry-on/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/19/the-commons-carry-on/#comments Mon, 19 Sep 2011 21:22:28 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=216170 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/19/the-commons-carry-on/feed/ 25 The congeniality of the opening session ended quickly. Let us be thankful for that. http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/19/is-obama-finished/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/19/is-obama-finished/#comments Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:20:01 +0000 Luiza Ch. Savage http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/22/is-obama-finished/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/19/is-obama-finished/feed/ 53 As the economy sinks and hope turns into despair, the president’s odds of re-election are fading fast http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/09/equality-of-opportunity/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/09/equality-of-opportunity/#comments Fri, 09 Sep 2011 15:15:18 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=214137 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/09/equality-of-opportunity/feed/ 7 Jason Kenney comments on the skilled newcomer tax credit proposed by the Ontario Liberals.... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/06/the-2012-election-campaign-starts-now/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/06/the-2012-election-campaign-starts-now/#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 17:19:04 +0000 John Parisella http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=213129 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/06/the-2012-election-campaign-starts-now/feed/ 4 Conventional wisdom holds that a presidential campaign begins in earnest right after Labour Day... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/02/zero-u-s-jobs-added-in-august/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/02/zero-u-s-jobs-added-in-august/#comments Fri, 02 Sep 2011 15:16:51 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=212898 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/02/zero-u-s-jobs-added-in-august/feed/ 2 Obama to address nation next week http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/06/revolution-delayed-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/06/revolution-delayed-2/#comments Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:40:32 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=199602 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/06/revolution-delayed-2/feed/ 0 Tourists have fled, the economy has collapsed and Egypt’s nascent democracy has stalled http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/13/united-against-austerity/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/13/united-against-austerity/#comments Thu, 13 Jan 2011 17:20:22 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=166061 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/13/united-against-austerity/feed/ 0 More strikes in 2011 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/02/canada-never-offered-a-mosaic/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/02/canada-never-offered-a-mosaic/#comments Tue, 02 Nov 2010 16:00:58 +0000 Andrew Potter http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=154922 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/02/canada-never-offered-a-mosaic/feed/ 0 POTTER: Our policies have been aimed at integrating newcomers, not keeping them apart http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/14/third-world-america/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/14/third-world-america/#comments Tue, 14 Sep 2010 11:32:11 +0000 Luiza Ch. Savage http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=146214 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/14/third-world-america/feed/ 313 Collapsing bridges, street lights turned off, cuts to basic services: the decline of a superpower http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/29/cheap-at-half-the-price/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/29/cheap-at-half-the-price/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:40:03 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=139914 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/29/cheap-at-half-the-price/feed/ 0 Unemployment is high among Denmark’s 450,000 immigrants http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/12/19/the-year-in-ignatieff/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/12/19/the-year-in-ignatieff/#comments Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:29:43 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=98768 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/12/19/the-year-in-ignatieff/feed/ 81 The leader of the opposition evaluates his work in 2009 and his prospects for 2010 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/12/11/econowatch-35/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/12/11/econowatch-35/#comments Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:30:13 +0000 Jason Kirby http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=97310 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/12/11/econowatch-35/feed/ 7 A weekly scorecard on the state of the economy in North America and beyond http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/30/econowatch-34/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/30/econowatch-34/#comments Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:45:29 +0000 Jason Kirby http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=94365 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/30/econowatch-34/feed/ 5 A weekly scorecard on the state of the economy in North America and beyond http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/26/econowatch-33/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/26/econowatch-33/#comments Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:00:30 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=93168 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/26/econowatch-33/feed/ 2 A weekly scorecard on the state of the economy in North America and beyond http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/24/you-cant-say-that-here/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/24/you-cant-say-that-here/#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:15:39 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=94245 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/24/you-cant-say-that-here/feed/ 18 Let’s watch as opposition MPs attempt to raise in the House the matter of... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/24/a-misunderstanding/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/24/a-misunderstanding/#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:30:32 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=94219 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/24/a-misunderstanding/feed/ 19 Gerald Keddy, yesterday. If anyone ever stops Nova Scotia farmers from hiring migrant labourers... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/03/the-first-anniversary-of-barack-obama/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/03/the-first-anniversary-of-barack-obama/#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:03:22 +0000 John Parisella http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=90196 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/03/the-first-anniversary-of-barack-obama/feed/ 34 One year ago, I was in attendance at the closing rally of the Obama... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/21/no-spin-joe-is-an-asset/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/21/no-spin-joe-is-an-asset/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:06:03 +0000 John Parisella http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=88387 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/21/no-spin-joe-is-an-asset/feed/ 20 Late night comics have had a field day with Vice-President Joe Biden, making fun... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/16/econowatch-28/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/16/econowatch-28/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:30:56 +0000 Steve Maich http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=87179 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/16/econowatch-28/feed/ 1 A weekly scorecard on the state of the economy in North America and beyond http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/13/fear-factor/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/13/fear-factor/#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:40:43 +0000 Cathy Gulli http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=86143 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/13/fear-factor/feed/ 7 Can having a staff scared for their jobs be good for business? http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/08/bragging-rights/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/08/bragging-rights/#comments Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:40:59 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=84987 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/08/bragging-rights/feed/ 11 Saskatchewan’s future, like that of its premier, is wide open http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/09/17/broke-britannia/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/09/17/broke-britannia/#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:40:40 +0000 Jason Kirby http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=80548 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/09/17/broke-britannia/feed/ 12 The U.K.’s experiment in U.S.-style capitalism was an utter disaster