Tag Archives: GNP

Resources and the Economic Future

Well, it was one of those interesting coincidences.  Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver unveiled new figures generated by Natural Resources Canada that apparently demonstrate that natural resources account for almost 20 percent of economic activity in Canada.

Ranking Prime Ministers: Are Tory Times Really Tough Times?

There is an old adage in Canadian political lore that “Tory times are tough times”  and that Liberal governments have generally seen more prosperous times.  Given that every Prime Minister since Confederation has been either a Liberal or a Conservative, it should be a relatively simple matter to find indicators rank the economic performance of […]