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“That is a surprise”: Doctors still waiting for feared surge of COVID-19 patients in Canadian ICUs

April 16, 2020 National Post Leave a comment
China Health Canada National Post | James Alexander Michie

Doctors have been preparing for the worst, a deluge of desperately ill COVID-19 patients who are overwhelming resources and making the necessary decisions about who receives life-saving care. On the plane to it, many doctors, nurses, and other personnel who run the country’s intensive care units have also feared for […]

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COVID-19: Federal deficit projected to reach $184B as economic response rolled out

April 15, 2020 National Post Leave a comment

The 2021 federal deficit is expected to reach $ 184 billion, or 8.5 percent of GDP, as Ottawa introduces new and expensive spending measures to combat the economic consequences of COVID-19. The latest deficit projection, released by the Parliamentary Budget Officer on Thursday, is more than triple the previous deficit […]

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Conrad Black: Canada must return to being a grown-up nation, now and post-COVID-19

April 6, 2020 National Post Leave a comment

It has been affirmed that Canada should become less dependent on foreign trade and the importation into this country of much of what is vital and that it becomes scarcer in times of crisis such as the current public health emergency. It is clear that previously Canada could have become […]

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Rex Murphy: A COVID-19 wake-up call: Canada must stop this self-destruction

April 6, 2020 National Post Leave a comment

It could certainly be said that it has always been true that a country is safer when its operation depends less on external sources. To the extent possible, providing everything necessary for this operation is a debatable proposition. Still, one could say that certain ideas have been displaced in Canada, […]

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Laura Tennant: Canada sent masks and protective equipment to China—and now we’re running out

March 31, 2020 National Post Leave a comment

In the face of the recent pandemic, one of the most affected countries has been China, therefore, different nations have tried to support that country by sending masks and protective equipment, and Canada was no exception. It should be noted that today, people are informed that their actions have led […]

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How Taiwan and Singapore managed to contain COVID-19, while letting normal life go on

March 25, 2020 National Post Leave a comment
Taiwan Singapore National Post | James Alexander Michie

The six million city-states are a transportation hub for East Asia and for a few days had the second-highest number of COVID-19 cases in the world. But his total stood at a modest 345 on Friday, with no deaths. And as Canadians curl up in their homes or go shopping […]

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NP View: COVID-19 is the emergency we should have saved for

March 23, 2020 National Post Leave a comment
Closed border National Post | James Alexander Michie

It should be noted that compound interest is one of the miracles of finance. You earn interest, and if you keep it instead of spending it right away, you earn interest on the interest. The same works for debt. Certainly, governments seldom learn this. They may be aware of this, […]

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Conrad Black: Getting a handle on COVID-19’s economic fallout

March 23, 2020 National Post Leave a comment
Health Coronavirus USA National Post | James Alexander Michie

COVID-19, also known as coronavirus disease, is an infectious disease caused by the virus SARS-CoV-2. It was first detected during the 2019 Wuhan epidemic, with coronavirus pneumonia. Certainly, this disease has caused a stir around the world and is, in fact, generating a great world crisis. In this way, it […]

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John Robson: You can’t ‘stimulate’ your way out of a pandemic-driven recession

March 19, 2020 National Post Leave a comment
Fantasy National Post | James Alexander Michie

With the COVID-19 pandemic, everyone tells governments to “stimulate” something called “the economy” through deficits and cuts in interest rates so that we do not have less wealth just because people cannot go to work and create it. Concerning this, it has been suggested that economic theory may not be […]

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Conrad Black: Coronavirus’ political toll

March 18, 2020 National Post Leave a comment

There is no need to emphasize now that there is no other option in any advanced country than to apply drastic measures to reduce the probability that members of its population will become infected with the coronavirus. As the average age of those who died from the disease in the […]

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