Commentary

It is time for big decisions from governments of all sizes and stripes in Canada. One week of workplace hemorrhaging from COVID-19 has punched a sinkhole into the economy, with a half-million Canadians into employment insurance.

Business and political leaders cannot afford to waste COVID-19’s unifying role as a common villain.

Before the entire country became gripped in the fight against the coronavirus, Research Co. asked Canadians about their views of the upper house.

The COVID-19 outbreak has modified the way Canadians are connected to their governments and the world. We are now accustomed to daily briefings from the prime minister and provincial heath authorities.

As Canadians try to carry on with life under the COVID-19 outbreak, a nationwide Research Co. survey outlines disquieting discrepancies in how we feel about the current state of affairs and how we are actually behaving.

I hear a lot of people asking: how long will this go on? What I wonder is: how long can this go on? First, the “will” question.

Even in the 21st century, Canadians and Americans continue to be exposed to news stories featuring women who were asked to “abandon the premises” or “cover up” when they were breastfeeding a baby.

For economic prognosticators, it’s been an eventful few weeks. The new year began with a modicum of optimism that the world economy would gain some traction after a sluggish 2019. A similar view was expressed by most forecasters who focus on Canada.

Better late than. . . Really late. Too late. Never. The federal government’s economic measures Wednesday were the most decisive moves in the war against the personal and financial perils the country will face in the first weeks of the pandemic.

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