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1. 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 ...

2. 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 ...

3. 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 ...

4. 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, ...

5. 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 ...

6. Free markets are not the property of the Anglosphere

   Appeared in the Calgary Herald In the debate over whether the partially state-owned energy company, China’s CNOOC, should be given the go-ahead by Ottawa to take over Calgary-based Nexen, there is the danger that the discussion will be cast in an ...

7. Canada's dairy cartel vs. consumers

   Appeared in the Calgary Herald When Prime Minister Stephen Harper was in Honolulu recently and announced Canada wants in on talks to create a proposed pan-Pacific free trade zone, other countries brought up our anti-free trade “supply management” boards.  ...

8. Three pro-consumer ideas for reducing US-Canada price discrepancies

   Appeared in Trail Daily Times Despite 22 years of free trade with Americans, consumers in Canada regularly pay more compared to the U.S. price tag on similar items. That fact has finally come to the attention of Ottawa: “Canadians are irritated when they ...

9. Fraser Forum- March 2010: Canada- US Relations in 2010

   In this issue: HST will help, not hinder, Manitobans by Niels Veldhuis and Charles Lammam Implementing a harmonized sales tax in Manitoba would reduce costs for businesses and encourage investment in the province. Global warming on trial by Diane Katz The ...