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  1. Spreading the Economic Freedom Message

    Appeared in Fraser Insight, January 2017 Economic freedom is one of the main drivers of prosperity, as the Fraser Institute’s Economic Freedom of North America index (EFNA) has illustrated—and hundreds of independent studies have confirmed. For a dozen ...

  2. Money kept by Canadian taxpayers is not a “loss”

    Appeared in the Calgary Herald With tax season at hand, here’s a useful tip for any tax-weary Canadian. When some people refer to income or other money not taxed as a “loss” to government, remember that they may merely be using technical language. In ...

  3. Quebec’s deep-rooted fiscal problems need a big fix

    Appeared in the Montreal Gazette There are times when a problem can be solved with a small fix and perhaps a little tinkering. And there are times when a big fix or fundamental reform is needed. Quebec’s government finances fall into the latter category. ...

  4. Prentice’s Path: Getty or Klein?

    Appeared in the Financial Post Alberta Premier Jim Prentice is in the midst of formulating his first budget and the fiscal path of the province while watching oil prices continue to decline. In this environment, the key question for the new premier is: ...

  5. 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 ...

  6. Don't let mythical thinking on taxes mess up Alberta

    Appeared in the Calgary Herald As Albertans approach another provincial budget, the usual fables about Alberta's finances often crop up. To inoculate ourselves in advance, let's ponder two myths. Myth Number One: Alberta's wealth is a ...

  7. Save Alberta from the high-taxers

    Appeared in the Calgary Herald and Financial Post In a recent debate on the pages of the National Post many Albertans might have missed, two economists, Rhys Kesselman from Simon Fraser University, and Jack Mintz from the University of Calgary, sparred ...

  8. Not Your Prairie NDP

    Appeared in the Vancouver Sun Too often in politics, particularly during election campaigns, citizens conflate political brands with policy. That is, too often we make assumptions about the policies of political parties based on a perception rather than ...

  9. Bad news budget dims New Brunswick's economic prospects

    Appeared in the New Brunswick Telegraph Journal Last week’s provincial budget was a heap of bad news for New Brunswickers. First they learned that they will continue to be burdened by a government with shaky finances driven by annual deficits and ...

  10. Fiscal Performance Index: 2007

    This Alert provides Canadians with information necessary to judge government performance in taxing, spending, and managing financial resources. Specifically, the Fiscal Performance Index (FPI) measures the performance of the federal and provincial ...