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1. Competitiveness should be a top priority for finance ministers

   Serious concerns about the country’s competitiveness hovered above talks this week at the federal-provincial finance ministers meeting in Ottawa. Which is not surprising. Canada has become a less appealing place to do business due to ...

2. Higher taxes on the middle class—another broken election promise from the Trudeau Liberals

   Appeared in the Globe and Mail, February 13, 2017 When a government breaks an election promise it usually attracts a fair bit of controversy. Witness the hubbub in the aftermath of the Trudeau Liberals abandoning electoral reform. With the federal budget ...

3. Federal and provincial tax hikes burdening Albertans

   Appeared in the Calgary Sun, October 12, 2016 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently announced that all provinces must soon adopt a price on carbon of $50 per tonne. The federal plan would likely require a further tax hike on top of the $30 per tonne ...

4. Federal and provincial tax hikes burdening Ontarians

   Appeared in the Toronto Sun, October 12, 2016 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently announced that all provinces must soon adopt a “price on carbon” of $50 per tonne or else face a carbon tax imposed by the federal government. This could mean yet another ...