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1. Trudeau government must act now on trade, taxes as possible recession looms

   Appeared in the Moncton Times & Transcript, September 28, 2018 As Parliament resumes, Canada’s policymakers face a turbulent state of affairs as the United States and China wage an economic Cold War armed with tariffs and Ottawa continues negotiating ...

2. Sensational headlines about economic growth breed complacency

   Appeared in the Financial Post, September 7, 2017 Given the sensational media headlines hyping Canada’s recent economic growth, it’s hard to blame Canadians for being complacent. “Canada's economy steamrolls ahead—4.5% annualized rate of expansion” ...

3. Morneau wrong about Canada’s economy and competitiveness

   Appeared in the Financial Post, April 13, 2017 Canada’s anemic economic growth should be of the upmost concern to Canadian policymakers. In 2016, the economy had one of its most difficult years, with growth at a mere 1.3 per cent. Looking forward, it ...

4. 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 ...

5. Government policies threaten economic freedom in Canada

   Appeared in the National Post, September 15, 2016 Canada ranks a remarkable fifth in the world in economic freedom, just behind Hong Kong, Singapore, New Zealand and Switzerland. The “land of the maple leaf” is far ahead of our southern neighbour, ...

6. Taxes are way up since 1961—are public services?

   Media reports about the Canadian Consumer Tax Index that the Fraser Institute published this week focused, quite rightly, on the fact that the average Canadian family now spends more of its income on taxes than on food, clothing and ...

7. Cheer up, western prosperity will return

   Appeared in the Calgary Herald As everyone from the Manitoba-Ontario border to Tofino knows, the local and provincial economies, which depend on resource extraction, have slowed. So this is a critical time to get some perspective on the past. If ...

8. France’s failed tax and spend experiment

   Appeared in the Calgary Herald When French President Francois Hollande visited Canada recently, one hopes the Gallic leader looked around. If he did, he would have noticed a stark difference in the economic opportunities between the two countries with the ...

9. 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 ...