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Canadians log more hours than other countries but the workforce is less productive. What gives?

CLAUDE LAVOIE PUBLISHED DECEMBER 12, 2023 Claude Lavoie was director-general of economic studies and policy analysis at the Department of Finance from 2008 to 2023.

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Finance + Investment

INCREASING IMPORTANCE OF SELF-EMPLOYMENT AMONG OLDER WORKERS

“Among Canadians, the rate of self-employment—that is, the number of self-employed workers as a share of total employment—has been relatively stable, hovering around 15% over

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UNDERSTANDING THE SEISMIC SHIFTS IN CANADA’S ECONOMIC LANDSCAPE

Five short decades ago, the economic landscape in Canada and the world was vastly different. Five decades before that farming was the dominant occupation, and

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Higher Education Lobbyists Line Up for Handouts

In September 2019, Oxford University in the UK published an article by Gwilym Croucher linking productivity and higher education: “Universities and colleges now demand a

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At THE HATCHERY, we do our best to help new business ‘hatchlings’ reach the ocean. While you may have aspirations to become a ‘unicorn’ or perhaps just a medium-sized business, we’ll try and help you survive long enough to at least reach the ocean.

Why Startups Are Like Sea Turtles 

As the ‘founder’ of THE HATCHERY, I am focused on technology startups – most often in the software space. As a human being and not just an accountant, I am aware that success is not simply measured in terms of money.

Government agencies (like STATISTICS CANADA) speak disparagingly of ‘micro-businesses’ with 4 or fewer employees, and typically exclude the self-employed from definitions of businesses (they speak of ‘employer businesses’). Yet these days there are about 3 million self-employed Canadians working without paid help.

Investors are looking for growth businesses and dismiss ‘lifestyle companies’. Yet most of us work or have businesses to support a lifestyle. And that’s as it should be!

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