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Remember the Jolly Banker — the Bill Will Come Due
May 29, 2020 by Mitchell Davidson

There is an old American folk song by Woody Guthrie called “Jolly Banker.” In it, Guthrie (a noted union activist) depicts a helpful banker with a constant smile who is there for families in need with loans for furniture, lines of credit, and deferred mortgages. Over the course of...
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How Governors and Premiers Can Work Together to Reopen the Economy
May 8, 2020 by Mitchell Davidson

In Canada, pundits sometimes use a clever observation to denote the difference in cultures between Americans and Canadians: the expiration notice on Canadian produced food says, ‘best before’ while American made food says, ‘consume by.’ The difference is supposed to illustrate a separation in positive versus negative...
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Ontario’s Newest Tax Credits Need to be Re-evaluated Amid COVID-19
May 1, 2020 by Mitchell Davidson

By Mitchell Davidson It seems the whole of the Ontario populace is fixated on the question of when things can return to normal. Many, including the premier, have rightly observed that Ontarians will have to adjust to a new normal as the reopening of the economy promises...
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COVID-19: Canada’s Road to Economic Recovery
April 30, 2020 by StrategyCorp

As the calendar turns to May, some jurisdictions across Canada are starting to slowly loosen public health restrictions to re-open their economies, while others are establishing plans to do so. When COVID-19 set in, federal and provincial governments were required to work together to slow and contain...
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Intended Consequences will feature exclusive interviews with politicians, experts, and interesting guests to explore practical solutions to today’s biggest policy challenges. The podcast will explore well thought out and politically palatable ideas and their impact – ideas that have the intended consequences they are intended to create.