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Alberta’s upcoming referendum bigger than equalization
By Tegan Hill, Niels Veldhuis | October 12, 2021
Canada needs more paycheque writers
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios, Niels Veldhuis | October 1, 2021
The real election losers—balance sheet, health care, federalism
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios, Niels Veldhuis | September 28, 2021
Canada slipping in terms of economic freedom
By Niels Veldhuis, Fred McMahon | September 22, 2021
Trudeau policies have hurt economic growth
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios, Niels Veldhuis | July 22, 2021
Trudeau rhetoric can’t change Canada’s fiscal reality
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios, Niels Veldhuis | July 15, 2021
Freeland doubles down despite dismal pre-COVID economic numbers
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios, Niels Veldhuis | June 18, 2021
Federal government’s OAS increase typifies bad policy
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios, Niels Veldhuis | May 6, 2021
B.C. government imposes travel restrictions while COVID numbers fall
By Niels Veldhuis | April 30, 2021
Trudeau government fuels economic uncertainty
By Jason Clemens, Niels Veldhuis | April 29, 2021
Trudeau vs. Biden—transparency and budget honesty
By Jason Clemens, Niels Veldhuis | April 15, 2021
No PST—Alberta government has a spending problem, not a revenue problem
By Niels Veldhuis, Tegan Hill | March 11, 2021
Scoring the economic performance of Canada’s last five prime ministers
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios, Niels Veldhuis | February 26, 2021
Trudeau’s pre-recession period marked by weak economic numbers
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios, Niels Veldhuis | February 16, 2021
Comparing pre-recession economic performance—Chrétien vs. Trudeau
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios, Niels Veldhuis | February 11, 2021
Rhetoric vs. reality—the Trudeau government’s dismal record on business investment
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios, Niels Veldhuis | February 11, 2021
Comparing Economic Performance in Five Pre-Recession Periods
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios, Niels Veldhuis | February 11, 2021
Fraser Institute ranked 14th best think tank in the world; recognized as an international Centre of Excellence
By Niels Veldhuis | February 2, 2021
Focus on economic growth and the Millennials will be alright
By Niels Veldhuis, Jason Clemens | October 28, 2020
Trudeau government must improve investment climate to ‘build back better’
By Niels Veldhuis, Milagros Palacios | September 29, 2020
Expanding government won’t help Canada’s recovery
By Jason Clemens, Niels Veldhuis | August 28, 2020
Federal Government Wasting Billions on Poorly Targeted Assistance
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios, Nathaniel Li, Niels Veldhuis | August 27, 2020
Memo to Finance Minister Freeland—we have an investment crisis in Canada
By Niels Veldhuis, Milagros Palacios | August 19, 2020
History is clear—the Trudeau government needs to change direction
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios, Niels Veldhuis | July 31, 2020
Blog series part 2—Incomes, overall income economy grew more slowly under Liberals than before 2008-09 recession
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios, Niels Veldhuis | July 24, 2020
Blog series part 1—Trudeau government produced string of deficits, raised taxes on middle class
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios, Niels Veldhuis | July 23, 2020
Trudeau government’s fiscal ‘snapshot’ doubles down on uncertainty
By Niels Veldhuis, Milagros Palacios | July 10, 2020
Think-tanks provide competing views on stimulus and infrastructure spending
By Niels Veldhuis, Jake Fuss, Jason Clemens | June 29, 2020
‘Fair Deal’ panel right to consider Alberta withdrawal from CPP
By Niels Veldhuis, Alex Whalen | June 19, 2020
Reality of government matters when assessing policy options
By Jason Clemens, Niels Veldhuis | June 15, 2020
Provinces in Atlantic Canada must align government compensation with private sector
By Alex Whalen, Niels Veldhuis, Tegan Hill | June 9, 2020
Stimulus didn’t work in 2009—don’t expect it to kick-start the economy now
By Niels Veldhuis, Tegan Hill | June 8, 2020
On the Passing of Harvard economist Alberto Alesina
By Niels Veldhuis, Jake Fuss, Alex Whalen | May 29, 2020
Trudeau government should kill rumours about capital gains hike
By Niels Veldhuis, Jake Fuss | May 21, 2020
Alberta must target government wages, benefits in post-COVID world
By Tegan Hill, Niels Veldhuis, Alex Whalen | May 20, 2020
We need a new federal approach to the oil industry
By Elmira Aliakbari, Niels Veldhuis, Ashley Stedman | May 19, 2020
Ontario must align government compensation with private sector
By Tegan Hill, Niels Veldhuis, Alex Whalen | May 11, 2020
The disproportionate pain of economic “shutdowns” by government
By Tegan Hill, Niels Veldhuis | May 8, 2020
Misinformation clouds reignited debate over guaranteed basic income
By Jason Clemens, Jake Fuss, Niels Veldhuis, Milagros Palacios | April 28, 2020
Getting political responsibility right in times of crises
By Jason Clemens, Niels Veldhuis, Milagros Palacios | April 20, 2020
Trudeau government reveals what it truly thinks about Canada’s energy industry
By Niels Veldhuis, Elmira Aliakbari | April 20, 2020
Ontario budget deficit likely larger than forecast
By Jason Clemens, Niels Veldhuis, Milagros Palacios | April 16, 2020
Why differences between government and markets matters today—Public Choice in action, Part 2
By Jason Clemens, Niels Veldhuis, Alex Whalen, Tegan Hill | April 16, 2020
Understanding the differences between government and markets—Public Choice in action, Part 1
By Jason Clemens, Niels Veldhuis, Alex Whalen, Tegan Hill | April 14, 2020
Trudeau government must produce plan to help one of Canada’s most important sectors
By Niels Veldhuis, Elmira Aliakbari | April 8, 2020
Trudeau government ‘wage subsidy’ increases uncertainty for workers and businesses
By Niels Veldhuis, Jason Clemens | April 3, 2020
Ford government’s budget update overly optimistic and likely ineffective
By Jason Clemens, Niels Veldhuis, Milagros Palacios | April 2, 2020
Revisions to ‘wage subsidy’ program leave many questions unanswered
By Niels Veldhuis, Jason Clemens, Tegan Hill | April 1, 2020
Employers must be allowed to temporarily lay off workers during COVID crisis
By Alex Whalen, Niels Veldhuis | March 27, 2020
Boost EI but don’t create new wage subsidy program
By Niels Veldhuis, Jason Clemens | March 26, 2020