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1. William Watson: the way we were—a small government taxing consumption

   The federal budget of 1917, Canada’s last without an income tax, was brought down on April 24 of that year, just 12 days after what many regard as the country’s coming of age at the battle of Vimy Ridge. In his budget speech, which, like ...

2. New federal polices worsen old problem of discouraging work in Canada

   Appeared in the Financial Post, August 31, 2016 Last month the federal government’s new Canada Child Benefit program came into force, replacing and consolidating an assortment of previous programs. However, little attention has been given to how this ...

3. Lessons from the past on governance in Canada

   Appeared in the Financial Post, November 4, 2015 Prime Minister-designate Justin Trudeau led his Liberal Party back from third-party status in Parliament to capture a majority government, the first Liberal majority government since 2000 under former ...