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1. Trudeau government must act now on trade, taxes as possible recession looms

   Appeared in the Moncton Times & Transcript, September 28, 2018 As Parliament resumes, Canada’s policymakers face a turbulent state of affairs as the United States and China wage an economic Cold War armed with tariffs and Ottawa continues negotiating ...

2. Memo to politicians: Imitate the Fathers of Confederation

   Back in Canada’s pre-Confederation days, one selling point for uniting the then-disparate British provinces was to drop existing barriers to commerce. The hope was for a country with a free-flow of trade and services in which all could potentially prosper ...

3. How about some European lessons from our summer vacations?

   Appeared in Calgary Herald, Victoria Times Colonist, Waterloo Region Record and Guelph Mercury Back when I was in elementary school, come September, teachers often asked students to write an essay describing their summer vacation. I don’t know if the ...

4. Ontario consumers handicapped by beer and wine sale myths

   Appeared in the Waterloo Region Record Much of Canada’s current approach to liquor retailing has its roots in Prohibition-era attitudes towards wine, beer and spirits. But anyone who thinks that era ended should consider the anti-competition rhetoric that ...

5. Elizabeth May and the Fact-challenged Fact Sheet

   Appeared in the Huffington Post, March 21, 2014 Recently, Green Party leader Elizabeth May orchestrated an open letter to United States Secretary of State John Kerry, urging the U.S. to reject the Keystone XL pipeline. In her note, Ms. May states that she ...

6. How soon until we get cheaper cheese? Managing expectations for the CETA

   Appeared in the Exchange Morning Post There is no doubt that completion of negotiations for the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA), announced in October, is a major economic milestone for Canada. Gains of up to $12 billion a year are impressive ...

7. Here's a consumer angle- dump triple-digit sales taxes on food

   Appeared in the Calgary Herald and Winnipeg Free Press In the recent Speech from the Throne, the federal government announced a variety of initiatives but the one that drew much attention was its ostensible consumer-friendly tack. On some consumer issues, ...

8. Stronger intellectual property for pharmaceuticals would benefit Canadians

   Appeared in the Globe and Mail Economy Lab Canada's lagging intellectual property (IP) protections for pharmaceutical innovators are a key issue to be settled in the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) negotiations with the European ...

9. Abolish the $3.6 billion tariff tax on the poor

   Appeared in the Calgary Herald and Victoria Times Colonist Whenever Canadians cross the border, it is inevitable they will find cheaper goods in the United States. Whether milk, books, electronic goods or vehicles, it seems bargains abound south of the ...

10. Obama's second term offers Canada hope for a more efficient border

    Appeared in Embassy: Diplomacy This Week With Barack Obama earning another four-year term, Canadians can only hope the newly re-elected American president will stay the course in modernizing the Canada-U.S. border and make good on commitments outlined in ...