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1. More taxes buy more government; not a more civilized society

   Appeared in the Ottawa Citizen "Income tax has made more liars out of the American people than golf," said the American humourist Will Rogers. Indeed, but let’s not stop there. In Canada, debates over taxes, government and civilization lead some ...

2. Taxpayers are generous to First Nations

   Appeared in the Vancouver Province and National Post., December 2013 Canada's taxpayers have been increasingly generous to Aboriginal Canadians over the decades but that reality is not often the narrative one hears from selected First Nations leaders ...

3. Rescue Canada's poorest provincial economies: Allow fracking

   Appeared in the National Post The recent native protests in New Brunswick against proposed hydraulic fracturing ('fracking') are not only devoid of facts but harm the potential for prosperity and lower personal taxes. Add in the anti-fracking ...

4. Controlling soaring public sector pension costs: Lessons from the Saskatchewan NDP

   Appeared in the National Post, Calgary Herald, Winnipeg Free Press, Victoria Times Colonist, and Okanagan Sunday Canadians routinely hear about alleged growing divides in Canadian society. But here is one rift that often goes unmentioned: the divide ...

5. Canada today not what the fathers of Confederation envisioned

   Appeared in the Calgary Herald, Vancouver Sun and Huffington Post Canada is a superb creation and initial credit for that must, obviously, go to Canada's fathers of Confederation. How we came about is a fascinating tale of seemingly intractable ...

6. 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,” ...

7. How about a holiday from Canada's health care straitjacket?

   Appeared in the Vancouver Sun and Winnipeg Free Press For many Canadians, the Victoria Day long weekend marks the beginning of summertime holiday planning, if not a late May escape after a long winter. For those who travel outside of the country in the ...

8. Crony capitalism the enemy of free enterprise

   Appeared in the Calgary Herald If business leaders ever wonder why a chunk of the public disdain business and call for higher corporate taxes or sector-specific increases (higher royalty rates for energy and mining, higher stumpage fees in forestry) or ...

9. 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 ...

10. Idle No More protests choose the wrong targets

    Appeared in the Vancouver Sun In the wake of the Idle No More protests that have blocked railway lines and have hinted at more mischief, multiple grievances have been advanced in place of clear-headed analyses. But none of the slogans, clichés and guilt ...