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1. Premier Christy Clark Economic Priorities in 2014?

     While Premier Christy Clark aims “to create an environment where growth and investment can flourish,” little has been achieved since last year’s electoral victory. If Premier Clark is to help British Columbians obtain the desired prosperity and jobs, ...

2. Tax reform needed to keep BC competitive

   Appeared in Business in Vancouver Last month, British Columbia’s Expert Panel on Business Taxation delivered its much anticipated final report (at least among us policy wonks). Unfortunately, the report garnered little media attention and failed to spark ...

3. HST's defeat a blow to investors

   Appeared in the Vancouver Sun With Labour Day just around the corner and British Columbia's unemployment rate at 7.3 per cent, Premier Christy Clark's promise of a jobs agenda is welcome news. Unfortunately, her actions haven't backed up ...

4. Mitigating the crushing blow to BC's competitiveness

   Appeared in the Vancouver Sun With the defeat of the harmonized sales tax (HST), B.C.’s competitiveness will suffer a crushing blow, as the province experiences a rebirth of the provincial sales tax (PST). The unfortunate reality is that restoring the PST ...

5. A vote for the HST is a vote for an earlier Tax Freedom Day

   Appeared in vancouversun.com Happy Tax Freedom Day! Monday, British Columbians start working for themselves.  In other words, if we had to pay all our taxes up front, we would have to pay each and every dollar we earned from January 1 to June 5 to various ...

6. Countering the Myths Surrounding BC's Harmonized Sales Tax

   This study addresses many of the myths and misunderstandings about the HST, highlights the shortcomings of the current provincial sales tax system, and explains the differences between the PST and the harmonized sales tax. The study is divided into two ...

7. Don’t believe the anti-HST rhetoric

   Appeared in the National Post On July 1st, BC and Ontario will merge their provincial sales tax (PST) with the federal Goods and Services Tax (GST) creating a single harmonized sales tax (HST) – 12 per cent in BC and 13 per cent in Ontario. Unfortunately, ...

8. The Impact of the HST on British Columbian Families

   This Alert provides an empirical measurement of the impact of the HST on the average British Columbian family. The Fraser Institute is well suited to provide such an analysis; it has a long history of measuring how much tax, in all forms, British ...

9. HST will help not hinder Manitobans

   Appeared in the Winnipeg Free Press Earlier this week, Finance Minister Rosann Wowchuk kyboshed a Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) for Manitoba. Her reasoning: We don't think it makes sense to impose $405 million in new sales taxes. While such rhetoric ...