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1. Next prime minister should cut spending to help the poor

   According to estimates, economic growth is maximized when government spending is about 26 per cent of GDP. ...

2. There’s a lot we can’t control—but we can control spending

   Appeared in the Winnipeg Free Press, August 26, 2019 The mid-1960s to 1995 was a terrible period for federal government finances in Canada. The government borrowed every year but one, interest costs consumed ever-greater shares of revenues, the country’s ...

3. Who's better having the money—governments or individual Canadians

   Appeared in the Financial Post, January 17, 2018 Much, if not all policy debates, ultimately boil down to a single fundamental question—is the city, province or country, and more specifically its residents, better off having more or less of their income. ...

4. When measured against history, Prime Minister Trudeau’s spending near peak levels

   The federal government plans to spend $8,337 (per person) this fiscal year. ...

5. Prime Minister Trudeau selling Canadians false bill of goods on infrastructure

   Appeared in the Winnipeg Free Press, May 19, 2017 You’d think that a prime minister would be intimately familiar with one of his government’s signature policy initiatives. However, regarding Ottawa’s multi-billion dollar infrastructure plan, a recent ...

6. Wynne government reopens spending tap, exposes province to more risk

   Appeared in the Financial Post, May 10, 2017 The Wynne government recently tabled Ontario’s first balanced operating budget in a decade. While it’s good to see the province finally bring its annual operating expenditures in line with revenues, there are ...

7. Ottawa’s ‘innovation budget’ unlikely to spark innovation

   Government-sponsored venture capital initiatives tend to underperform compared to initiatives funded by the private sector. ...

8. Trudeau government stretches definition of ‘infrastructure’ too far

   Appeared in the Ottawa Sun, April 2, 2017 The 2017 federal budget revealed new details on the Trudeau government’s nearly $100 billion infrastructure spending plan. Canadians should know that, contrary to the government’s rhetoric, much of this spending ...

9. Another broken promise—federal government ditches latest fiscal pledge

   By 2019/20, Canada’s debt-to-GDP ratio is forecasted to be 31.5 per cent. ...

10. What does the federal budget mean for Ontario?

    Appeared in the Toronto Sun, March 29, 2017 Last week, the Trudeau government released its 2017 budget. So what are the most important takeaways for Ontarians? Firstly, something we’re very familiar with in this province—growing government debt. The ...