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  1. ‘Anti-tax’ accusation is simply wrong

    Appeared in the Toronto Star, August 30, 2016 A recent column by the Toronto Star editorial board had some choice words about a recent Fraser Institute study finding that the total amount of taxes paid by the average Canadian family now consumes over 42 ...

  2. Canadians Celebrate Tax Freedom Day on June 9, 2014

    The Fraser Institute annually calculates Tax Freedom Day in order to provide a comprehensive and easily understood indicator of the overall tax burden faced by the average Canadian family. Tax Freedom Day is the day in the year by which the average ...

  3. Taxes squeezing household budgets

    Appeared in the Huffington Post Like other Canadians, you work hard for your money. Faced with essential expenses such as food, clothing, and shelter, your household budget may feel squeezed. But what if we told you, your family's biggest expense is ...

  4. Will governments back off their taxing trend in 2014?

    Appeared in the New Brunswick Telegraph and Trail Daily Times A new year can bring new possibilities. It’s a chance to take stock of what we’ve accomplished in the past year and to set new goals for the future. It’s also, however, when Canadian ...

  5. PST hike means higher taxes and lower prosperity for Manitoba families

    Appeared in the Winnipeg Free Press When Manitoba’s NDP government delivered its budget back in April, Finance Minister Stan Struthers ruffled some feathers with his announcement of an increase in the provincial sales tax (PST) to eight per cent from ...

  6. Canadians Celebrate Tax Freedom Day on June 10, 2013

    The Fraser Institute annually calculates Tax Freedom Day in order to provide a comprehensive and easily understood indicator of the overall tax burden faced by the average Canadian family. In 2013, Tax Freedom Day fell on June 10, two days later than 2012 ...

  7. How Much We Pay in Taxes: 1961 vs 2012

    Appeared in the Huffington Post Discussions about taxes are inevitably polarizing. Some Canadians think taxes are too high while others happily pay their share. But given the litany of taxes levied on us by the three levels of government, it is nearly ...

  8. 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 ...

  9. Want a sales tax? Drop another tax

    Appeared in the Calgary Herald There might be a thousand reasons why people hate sales taxes. Here are three: First, they’re visible; second, in Alberta, where no provincial sales tax exists, there is justifiable pride that people have escaped at least ...

  10. Countering the Myths Surrounding BC's Harmonized Sales Tax

    This study addresses many of the myths and misunderstandings about the HST, highlights the shortcomings of the current provincial sales tax system, and explains the differences between the PST and the harmonized sales tax. The study is divided into two ...