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1. Ontario vs. the US “Rust Belt”: Coping with a Changing Economic World

   Since the recession, Ontario has recorded large and consistent budget deficits that have increased the province’s already enormous debt load. According to a prominent narrative at Queen’s Park, policymakers are not to blame for this fiscal trend because ...

2. Government compensation outpacing the private sector in Ontario

   Appeared in the Financial Post The Ontario government is currently neck deep in negotiations with public sector unions including those representing bureaucrats, teachers, and police officers. On compensation costs, finance minister Charles Sousa said: “We ...

3. Is there any wonder why Ontario is in the state it's in?

   Appeared in the Financial Post As Ontario continues to undermine its economic future with growing debt, the province does not receive near the critical scrutiny it should from the media and financial markets. In reading CIBC World Markets’ latest Economic ...

4. To remain competitive, Ontario needs to follow Indiana and Michigan's lead

   Appeared in the Waterloo Region Record With Labour Day fresh in our memory and Ontario’s unemployment rate having recently increased to 7.6 per cent, the province would do well to follow Indiana and Michigan’s lead and adopt worker choice laws. Doing so ...

5. Implications of US Worker Choice Laws for British Columbia and Ontario

   This study examines the effects of worker choice laws in the US?commonly referred to as?right to work? (RTW) policies?and applies the findings to British Columbia and to Ontario. RTW laws have been enacted by 24 US states; these laws prohibit collective ...

6. It's not our problem; Ontario Liberals kick deficit can down the road

   Appeared in the Financial Post The May 2 minority Liberal budget is a politically expedient document that likely avoids an election but unfortunately fails to tackle Ontario's looming fiscal crisis. The longer the province waits, the more difficult ...

7. Wynne's chance to break from the past

   Appeared in the Financial Post With the Ontario government expected to soon introduce a new budget and the province continuing to head towards its own fiscal cliff, Premier Kathleen Wynne has a chance to make a clean break from the fiscal mismanagement of ...

8. Ontario vs. California: Who's Really in Debt?

   Appeared in the Toronto Sun Kathleen Wynne celebrated this week after winning the Ontario Liberal leadership and the premier’s job. But now comes the hard part, finding a way to return Ontario’s finances to a stable, sustainable path. Part of the ...

9. State of Ontario's Indebtedness

   The essays collected for this publication are designed to provide readers and particularly those in Ontario a better sense of where the province?s debt stands today, the expectations for the future, and warnings about the likely costs of inaction. Part of ...

10. Ontario's 2012 budget a missed opportunity

    Appeared in the Financial Post On Tuesday, Ontario Finance Minister Dwight Duncan had one of those rare opportunities of which politicians can only dream. With his province heading toward a fiscal crisis caused by mounting debt and out-of-control spending ...