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  1. Achieving the Four-Day Work Week: Essays on Improving Productivity Growth in Canada

    Surveys of Canadians have shown a strong desire for reduced work hours with a four-day work week being a highly prized goal. This is hardly surprising given that leisure time is a valuable good for most people. To be sure, a four-day work week would be ...

  2. New ‘stock options’ rules will make Canada less attractive to top talent

    Appeared in the Financial Post, December 11, 2020 When the Trudeau Liberals revealed their priorities for the current session of Parliament earlier this fall, they called the immigration system the “driver of Canada’s economic growth.” But last week, the ...

  3. New Brunswick must improve investment climate during COVID recovery

    Appeared in the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal, October 14, 2020 Among all the economic concerns arising from COVID-19 and the associated recession, New Brunswick policymakers should pay particular attention to the province’s poor performance in ...

  4. Nova Scotia most government-dominated province in Canada

    Appeared in the Bluenose Bulletin, October 1, 2020 The COVID outbreak and economic downturn has produced a dramatic increase in government spending across the country. The federal and provincial governments have rolled out a variety of programs aimed to ...

  5. Trudeau government plans to make Canada less attractive to top talent

    Appeared in the Toronto Sun, September 30, 2020 Last week’s federal throne speech mentioned Canada’s immigration system—specifically, how Canada will compete for global talent—and that Canada “has an opportunity as we recover to become the world’s top ...

  6. Government getting bigger and bigger in Canada

    Appeared in the Winnipeg Sun, September 16, 2020 As Ottawa and the provinces roll out spending programs in response to COVID-19, much is being made about the growing size of government in Canada. Government spending levels, along with associated deficits, ...

  7. The Changing Size of Government in Canada, 2007–2018

    The size of government in Canada is an important matter of public policy. It directly influences the allocation of society’s resources, with consequences for long-term economic growth and prosperity. While this study is primarily focused on the size of ...