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  1. The Large economic benefits of worker choice

    Appeared in the Financial Post Tim Hudak, Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives leader, boldly started a conversation about fundamental reform of labour regulations governing unionization in 2012. He recently, and nearly as boldly, walked back from such ...

  2. Economic Effects of Living Wage Laws

    Living wage laws are a relatively new policy that gained prominence in American cities starting in the mid-1990s. Currently more than 140 American municipalities have a living wage law. In 2011, the City of New Westminster in British Columbia became the ...

  3. To remain competitive, Ontario needs to follow Indiana and Michigan's lead

    Appeared in the Waterloo Region Record With Labour Day fresh in our memory and Ontario’s unemployment rate having recently increased to 7.6 per cent, the province would do well to follow Indiana and Michigan’s lead and adopt worker choice laws. Doing so ...

  4. Worker Choice for British Columbians: Gaining an Advantage

    Appeared in the Vancouver Sun   As labour and capital have become more and more mobile, jurisdictional competitiveness is becoming more important in securing and maintaining economic prosperity. A minimum requirement is to have taxes, regulations, and ...

  5. Should Right-to-Work Come to Canada?

    Appeared in the Financial Post Prior to 2012, the momentum and even interest in so-called Right-to-Work (RTW) laws, or what are more accurately referred to as Worker Choice laws was non-existent. Very little reform had happened for over a decade despite ...

  6. Getting past the labour-business tango: think about consumers

    Appeared in the Calgary Herald, Guelph Mercury, Okanagan Sunday, Vancouver Sun, and Trail Daily Times Around Labour Day, a plethora of news stories focus on the state of unions, and often, their interaction with business. Given the name of the holiday, ...

  7. Let's celebrate workers by giving them more choice

    Appeared in the Sudbury Star Now that the Labour Day celebrations are done, we should look beyond the picnics and parades, and reflect on the country’s labour laws and in particular, whether they actually serve the interests of workers. Unfortunately, ...