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  1. Fewer gimmicks, more transparency needed in Ottawa

    Appeared in the Calgary Herald, New Brunswick Telegraph Journal, Winnipeg Free Press, Waterloo Region Record, and Guelph Mercury No normal person pays close attention to who is "in" or "out" as finance minister, and that's a good ...

  2. Chrysler bellies back up to the corporate welfare trough

    Appeared in the Globe and Mail Back in late 2011 after the Occupy Wall Street protests, Fiat-Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne gave a speech in Toronto to decry what he called "the most inane displays of greed." The reference was to behaviour he ...

  3. Pro-markets not pro-business: There's a difference

    Appeared in Globe and Mail Economy Lab The federal government recently poured $36.3 million into the Northleaf Venture Catalyst Fund the first of many soon-to-come government-sponsored funds comprising Ottawa's $400 million Venture Capital Action ...

  4. The Harper government's multi-billion dollar transparency problem

    Appeared in the Calgary Herald Canadians who don’t regularly track how governments spend money might be surprised to find how myths crop up about government expenditures. Exhibit A is a new report that claims Canada needs even more “industrial policy,” ...

  5. Canada's $6.4 billion corporate welfare budget

    Appeared in the National Post, Calgary Herald and New Glasgow News If there was a theme in the recent federal budget, it was how chock full it was with new corporate welfare. The underlying refrain was how big government will help big business with your ...