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1. Ontario’s election—the real economic issues

   Ontario’s June 7 election may be a watershed moment as the new government will deal with an economy that, despite the recent improvement, still faces major challenges with employment and investment, given a housing boom is not a ...

2. Ontario housing measures—too much on demand, too little on supply

   The Ontario government yesterday announced a raft of measures aimed at cooling the cost of buying or renting in the Greater Golden Horseshoe. Topping the list—a 15 per cent tax on foreign buyers (conveniently called “non-resident ...

3. Expanding rent controls in Ontario will further damage housing affordability

   There’s growing interest at Queen’s Park for the expansion of rent controls to address high rents in Ontario’s biggest cities. Most recently, Premier Kathleen Wynne (pictured above) expressed skepticism that a former Ontario government’s ...

4. Ontario government’s plan—let traffic get worse

   Appeared in the Ottawa Sun, February 26, 2017 Much of the conversation about the Wynne government’s decision to block Toronto City Council’s plan to toll the Don Valley Parking Lot—Parkway, that is—and the Gardiner Expressway, has focused on the lost ...