Canada’s Productivity Emergency with Tony Bonen and Andrew Sharpe

Everyone from the Bank of Canada to leading economists from across the country are discussing what’s at the root of Canada’s productivity challenges.  

To help us sort through the discussion, I’m joined this episode by Signal49 Research’s Director of Economic Research Tony Bonen and the Founder and Executive Director of the Centre for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) Andrew Sharpe.

We discuss how we should understand productivity and why it’s important for it to improve.  Near the end of the episode we hear about new research from Signal49 Research linking skills to our productivity challenges.  We’ll hear that Tony thinks this is a promising new avenue—in part because there are many levers that the government can use to support skills development.

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Toney Bonen

Director of Economic Research, Signal49 Research

Andrew Sharpe

Founder and Executive Director, Centre for the Study of Living Standards