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1. Renewed Controversy Over the Nobel for Economics

   The Nobel is viewed as endorsing a paper that has serious design flaws and contradicts the vast majority of research showing higher minimum wages lead to job losses. ...

2. Business ambition must be a Canadian value

   The only truly pro-business policies foster competitive markets and produce a more level playing field. ...

3. Canada’s Faltering Business Dynamism and Lagging Innovation

   Canada displays many of the same symptoms of business malaise evident in European nations. Real GDP growth over the past decade was the slowest since the 1930s, productivity has stalled, and reduced competitiveness has hampered our ability to capitalize ...

4. Wealth tax wouldn’t work the way Ottawa wants

   According to the PBO, governments could raise up to $61 billion with a wealth tax on Canadians worth more than $10 million. ...

5. Canada’s aging labour force threatens COVID recovery and future prosperity

   In 2020, immigration fell sharply while mortality rose. ...

6. The Implications of Slowing Growth in Canada’s Labour Force

   Most projections show that the growth of Canada’s labour force will continue to slow for years, with growth dependent on immigration as our population ages. However, the pandemic has reinforced the fact that projections about the future are ...

7. Higher minimum wages do not lower poverty rates

   The youth employment rate fell by a full point in Ontario between late 2017 and early 2020. ...

8. The Minimum Wage, Lost Jobs, And Poverty in Canada

   Raising minimum wages is usually done in an attempt to help low-income households. However, extensive research shows higher minimum wages rarely provide a boost to the intended households, and often hurt the very people they intend to help. There is near ...

9. We do not need a wealth tax

   Appeared in the Financial Post, October 22, 2020 In its recent throne speech, the federal government said it was considering a tax on what it termed “extreme wealth inequality” in this country. There are several reasons why this would be a mistake, as I ...

10. Does Canada Need a Wealth Tax?

    In its recent Speech from the Throne, the federal government said it was considering a tax on what it termed “extreme wealth inequality” in this country. This would be a mistake for several reasons. To start, wealth inequality is not increasing in Canada. ...