For years, Canadians were told the economy was humming along just fine. Trade was flowing, the relationship with the United States felt stable, and any cracks in the foundation were easy to ignore.

On April 9, Ricardo Hausmann, the founder and director of Harvard’s Growth Lab, will deliver the first talk of The Canadian Standard of Living, Productivity and Innovation lectures — a series of ...

Imagine if every time a hospital was built, it came with an expiry date. Twenty-five years later, it would be sold to the highest bidder and patients would be told to find care elsewhere. This is ...