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  1. Ford right to highlight economic damage of carbon taxes

    Appeared in the Toronto Sun, February 7, 2019 Last week, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said a carbon tax “will be a total economic disaster” and the “risk of a carbon-tax recession is very, very real.” Predictably, media outlets across the country blasted ...

  2. Canada's competitiveness problems go beyond carbon tax

    Appeared in the Edmonton Sun, August 17, 2018 The federal government’s recent move to ease its carbon tax regime for big emitters is promising—the government is finally acknowledging Canada’s competiveness problem. However, these recent changes are not ...

  3. The last straw for entrepreneurs and businesses in Canada?

    Appeared in the Vancouver Sun, March 17, 2018 The idiom “the straw that broke the camel’s back” describes a minor or routine action that causes a large and sudden reaction because of the cumulative effects of many small actions over time. This might well ...

  4. Economists and media fuel confusion on Canada’s economy and economic policy

    Appeared in the Vancouver Sun, November 3, 2017 As the old joke goes, why did God create economists? To make weatherman look good. At times like this, nothing could be closer to the truth (full disclosure, we’re economists). On Monday, Statistics Canada ...