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1. To deal with Trump, Trudeau should look to Chrétien

   Appeared in the Huffington Post, June 5, 2017 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s father once famously compared living next to the U.S. to sleeping with an elephant—a twitch or a grunt south of the border can have big consequences for Canada. Well, President ...

2. Budget 2017 spells end of the Chrétien Consensus?

   Under the Trudeau government, deficits continue with no end in sight, debt is growing and taxes have increased. ...

3. Federal Budget 2017 proves the plan is failing

   Appeared in the Toronto Sun, March 22, 2017 In listening to Finance Minister Bill Morneau (pictured above) deliver his government’s 2017 Budget, it’s clearly evident that the minister and his government believe their plan is working. “A year and a half ...

4. End of the Chrétien Consensus?

   Governments in Edmonton, Toronto and Ottawa have markedly increased government spending. ...

5. End of the Chrétien Consensus?

     The Chrétien Consensus was an implicit agreement that transcended political party and geography regarding the soundness of balanced budgets, declining government debt, smaller and smarter government spending, and competitive taxes that emerged in the ...

6. Policies from Ottawa harming Canada’s economic prospects

   Appeared in the Vancouver Province, March 2, 2017 The Trudeau Liberals campaigned heavily in 2015 on improving the economy, particularly for middle-class Canadians. This is a laudable goal and one with which we agree wholeheartedly. Unfortunately, many of ...

7. Slow growth in Canada and the elephant in the room—bad government policy

   Appeared in The Huffington Post, October 3, 2016 It seems there’s no shortage of headlines claiming that slow economic growth is the “new normal.” The latest stream came from a recent speech in the United Kingdom by Carolyn Wilkins, senior deputy governor ...

8. To spur future growth, Morneau should study recent history

   Appeared in the National Newswatch, August 29, 2016 The federal Liberals have repeatedly talked about the importance of encouraging long-term economic growth and bringing about greater prosperity, particularly for Canada’s middle class. As part of the ...

9. Liberal spending increases drive big deficits, not a weak economy

   Appeared in the Financial Post, March 29, 2016 In advance of tabling their first budget, the Liberals conveyed a message that deteriorating government finances were the result of a weak economy. The reality of the budget is quite different from the ...

10. Debt interest risks crowding out government spending on other priorities

    Appeared in the Regina Leader Post and Huffington Post, Aug 25, 2014 Canadian headlines about government deficits and debt can be dizzying and hard for people to grasp. A few billion here and several billion there and the natural response is for one’s ...