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1. A Brief History of Ontario Public Debt

   Appeared in the Financial Post Ontario’s net public debt is estimated at $287.3 billion and will hit nearly $320 billion by 2017.  The evolution of this daunting number is an interesting story as the spring budget approaches. Much like Rome, Ontario’s ...

2. Are “Wynne Days” Coming?

   Appeared in Waterloo Region Record We’ve seen this script before. Higher spending. Tax increases. Persistent deficits. Growing debt. Warnings from credit rating agencies. A government unwilling to make the tough choices to turn things around. That’s the ...

3. Telling tales is human; politicians shouldn’t overdo it

   Appeared in the Calgary Herald From the first tale told by our ancestors around a fire somewhere in Africa millions of years ago to the plot behind a summer blockbuster movie, we—the human race— have always been superb storytellers. And our stories matter ...

4. Ontario’s wake-up call

   Appeared in the Huffington Post Roughly 12 hours after Premier Kathleen Wynne was re-elected in Ontario with a majority government, bond markets and international credit rating agencies sent her a powerful message about the province’s dismal public ...

5. Ontario's minimum wage hike is evidence-free policy

   Appeared in the Huffington Post After several months of labour activists putting pressure on the Ontario government to increase the provincial minimum wage, Premier Kathleen Wynne finally succumbed and announced that she will increase it to $11 per hour ...