Stephen Gordon – The 49th

Should Canada Raise the Minimum Wage?

February 22, 2013Jonathan McLeod

If your goal is to reduce poverty, Laval University Professor Stephen Gordon says don’t bother: The problem is that the statistical link between “earning minimum wage” and “being in a low-income household” is almost nil. Most of the people in low… Continue Reading →

If only Stephen Harper cared more about money than he does about the environment…

October 23, 2012Jonathan McLeod 2 Comments

…wait, what? I thought Mr. Harper was a heartless, cruel man who loved nothing more than the almighty loonie, like any good Tory. Well, Maclean’s (and Laval University’s) Stephen Gordon disagrees. Prof. Gordon argues: The Conservatives’ rabid demonisation of the… Continue Reading →