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1. Demographics and Entrepreneurship blog series: Spurring entrepreneurship through capital gains tax reform

   As part of the blog series summarizing the Fraser Institute’s Demographics and Entrepreneurship essays, this post examines the effect of capital gains tax reform on entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship is critical for economies to grow, ...

2. Government policies deterring investment in Canada

   Kinder Morgan’s announcement that it will halt “all non-essential activities and related spending on the Trans Mountain Expansion Project” could prove disastrous to Canada for many reasons. If the $7.4 billion Edmonton-Burnaby pipeline ...

3. B.C. budget acknowledges the carbon tax was not revenue neutral

   Our recent study examining British Columbia’s “revenue neutral” carbon tax found that, contrary to the provincial government’s promise, the carbon tax was not revenue neutral and had actually raised taxes on British Columbians. While the ...

4. B.C.’s budget—an opportunity to make the carbon tax revenue neutral again

   Appeared in the Vancouver Sun, February 20, 2017 This week the B.C. government will release its budget, and if last week’s Throne Speech is any indication, tax cuts may be on the way. This is welcome news, since it’s an opportunity for the government to ...

5. Sorry Minister de Jong, B.C.’s carbon tax is—and will continue to be—a significant tax increase on British Columbians

   B.C. Finance Minister Mike de Jong (pictured above) recently responded to our study that finds B.C.’s carbon tax is no longer revenue neutral—despite the B.C. government’s assurance to taxpayers that the carbon tax would be completely ...

6. B.C.’s carbon tax not the ‘gold standard’ it’s made out to be

   Appeared in the Financial Post, February 16, 2017 In a major announcement last year, the Trudeau government imposed a policy that will require all provinces to put a price on carbon emissions by 2018. As governments in Canada and elsewhere pursue carbon ...

7. Examining the Revenue Neutrality of British Columbia's Carbon Tax

   British Columbia’s carbon tax is often praised as a model for other jurisdictions to follow, in part due to its alleged revenue neutrality. However, in the eight years since it was introduced, the offsetting tax measures used in the government’s revenue ...

8. Proven economic policies, not ‘bold ideas,’ needed to spur growth in Canada

   Later today federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau (pictured above) will meet with his government’s appointed Advisory Council on Economic Growth, which will provide advice on how to spark long-term growth in Canada. The council, led by ...

9. Don't overlook how government policies hinder economic growth

   In a recent speech, Bank of Canada Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Wilkins outlined a number of reasons for why we’re experiencing slow economic growth including the effect of demographic changes on labour supply, stagnant productivity, ...

10. Memo to Morneau—a federal soft drink tax will do little to fight obesity

    The federal government appears to be contemplating a tax on soft drinks and other sugar-sweetened beverages to fight obesity in Canada. According to the Canadian Press, Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s office requested an analysis be ...