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  1. Federal government’s spending rationale based on misleading debt picture

    Canada has the fifth-highest level of total indebtedness (relative to the size of our economy) among 29 industrialized countries. ...

  2. CPP tax hike hurts Canadian workers

    Appeared in the Toronto Sun, January 6, 2021 The economy continues to struggle due to COVID and the lockdowns, so workers should be particularly unhappy to start 2021 with a tax hike. The combined employer/employee Canada Pension Plan tax rate rose from ...

  3. ‘Fair Deal’ panel right to consider Alberta withdrawal from CPP

    Appeared in the Calgary Sun, June 19, 2020 On Wednesday, Alberta’s “Fair Deal” panel released its report, which recommends that Alberta develop a plan to withdraw from the Canada Pension Plan (CPP). Premier Kenney endorsed the recommendation, noting that ...

  4. Doug Ford’s next big federal tax challenge—opt out of CPP expansion

    Appeared in the Ottawa Sun, August 15, 2018 In one of his first orders of business after becoming premier of Ontario, Doug Ford quickly moved to scrap the previous government’s cap-and-trade program. While it’s not yet clear what (if anything) will ...

  5. Private pensions face regulatory burden the Canada Pension Plan does not

    Appeared in the Financial Post, June 6, 2018 In 2016, in fulfillment of a campaign promise, the Trudeau government reached an agreement with the provinces to expand the Canada Pension Plan. Consequently, mandatory CPP contributions from working Canadians ...

  6. CPP expansion will shrink available pool of investment capital in Canada

    Appeared in the Winnipeg Free Press, May 7, 2018 Canada has a growing investment problem. Business investment (excluding residential structures—houses, condos, etc.) has dropped nearly 20 per cent since 2014, and the level of business investment (as a ...

  7. Canadians will receive meagre rate of return on CPP contributions

    Appeared in the Financial Post, April 4, 2018 Misperceptions plague the public’s view of the Canada Pension Plan (or CPP). Mark Machin, CEO of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB)—the organization tasked with investing CPP contributions ...

  8. CPP reforms need a complete rethink

    For retirees born after 1993, the CPP rate of return will be a meagre 2.5 per cent. ...

  9. Calls for More Policy Reversals

    Appeared in the Globe and Mail, February 7, 2017 The federal government’s economic advisory council led by the managing director of global consulting giant McKinsey and Company has called on the federal government to reverse several of its most high ...

  10. Federal government fails to make convincing case for CPP expansion

    Appeared in the Calgary Herald, October 8, 2016 The Trudeau government recently introduced legislation to expand the Canada Pension Plan—a move that will require working Canadians to pay higher payroll taxes in exchange for increased benefits in ...