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  1. Things the Liberal government knows that just ain’t so—Canada is the ‘best place to invest’

    Appeared in the Hill Times, March 11, 2020 Despite all the evidence, Prime Minister Trudeau, his government (and those around them) really believe their policies have made Canada the best place to invest. For example, the government's new Invest in ...

  2. Canadian Foreign Direct Investment: Recent Patterns and Interpretation

    Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is a prominent feature of globalization. It occurs when an investor resident in one country acquires management control of an enterprise located in another country. FDI inflows improve the efficiency of the host ...

  3. The Flight of Capital From Canada

    A host of economic measures indicate that Canada continues to underperform when it comes to business investment, which is crucial for improving living standards and generating prosperity, according to recent research published by the Fraser Institute, an ...

  4. The finance minister said what? Part 2

    Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau (pictured above) recently appeared on BNN Bloomberg and made a number of incredibly worrying statements indicating that he (and the federal government) are either wholly misunderstanding the ...

  5. The finance minister said what?

    Coming out of an emergency cabinet meeting earlier this week, ostensibly called to deal with the watershed announcement that Kinder Morgan was halting all “non-essential” spending on its Trans Mountain pipeline despite regulatory and ...

  6. Confidence and investment collapsing in Canada—Trans Mountain is just the latest example

    Appeared in Maclean's, April 10, 2018 Contrary to the announcement that Ottawa will spend almost $300,000 to discern the reason behind the lack of investment in Canada’s energy sector, there’s actually no great mystery. Kinder Morgan’s recent ...

  7. Fed’s show worrying disinterest in private-sector investment and entrepreneurship

    Appeared in Maclean's, March 7, 2018 Evidence continues to mount that confidence in Canada as a destination for business investment and entrepreneurship is in steep decline. Given the importance of business investment and entrepreneurship to economic ...