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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. Alberta’s outsized role in Canada matters for all Canadians

    Appeared in the Globe and Mail, June 23, 2020 Last week, Alberta’s “ Fair Deal Panel ” submitted its long-awaited report, which recommends Alberta conduct a referendum on equalization and consider withdrawing from the Canada Pension Plan. All of this ...

  4. ‘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 ...

  5. Albertans contribute disproportionately to the CPP and other programs

    Appeared in the National Post, April 4, 2019 There’s a palpable rising frustration in western Canada, particularly in Alberta, regarding the give-and-take of national programs —a growing sense (again) that Ottawa just doesn’t understand the West. ...

  6. CPP takes bigger bite from Canadians

    For every $1 increase in CPP premiums, the average Canadian household reduced its private savings by almost $1. ...

  7. 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 ...

  8. 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 ...

  9. CPP reforms need a complete rethink

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

  10. Higher taxes on the middle class—another broken election promise from the Trudeau Liberals

    Appeared in the Globe and Mail, February 13, 2017 When a government breaks an election promise it usually attracts a fair bit of controversy. Witness the hubbub in the aftermath of the Trudeau Liberals abandoning electoral reform. With the federal budget ...