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1. Canada slipping in terms of economic freedom

   Canada dropped to 14th in the new Economic Freedom of the World report, down slightly from 13th the previous year. ...

2. Capital gains tax reform may mitigate Canada’s damaging demographic trends

   Number of new start-ups per 100 incumbents, various size of firms, 2001-2012. Business startups and entrepreneurship drive productivity and economic growth. However, the rate of business startups in Canada is on the wane, falling 16.2 ...

3. Spending Beyond Our Means; Sticking it to the Next Generation

   Appeared in the National Post Over the course of the past several months, outgoing Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney and Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty have repeatedly warned that Canadians are spending beyond their means and taking on too much ...

4. The stimulus spending never stopped

   Appeared in the Financial Post The key litmus test for the Harper government’s 2013 budget was always going to be how realistic it was with respect to achieving a balanced budget by 2015-16. The governing Tories have staked both their economic and ...

5. The tax credit snowball; More people don't have any skin in the game- they don't pay taxes

   Appeared in the Financial Post With economic growth slowing and a goal of balancing the budget by 2015, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty will have little fiscal room for major new initiatives in Thursday's federal budget. The risk is that the ...

6. Debate on inequality full of bluster and misunderstanding

   Appeared in the Vancouver Sun, Toronto Sun, Ottawa Sun, Telegraph Journal, Daily Gleaner, Daily Herald Tribune, New Glasgow News, Truro Daily News, and Woodstock Sentinel Review Responses from a number of prominent Canadians to the Fraser Institute’s ...

7. The Myth of Stagnating Incomes

   Appeared in the Financial Post It’s hard to blame Canadians for believing the great myth of income stagnation given the continuous stream of reports pointing to the low growth in average incomes over the past several decades. Others have taken the ...

8. Flaherty has opportunity to deliver the prudent budget that Falcon didn't

   Appeared in Business in Vancouver With economic uncertainty lurking around every corner, it’s critical that governments across Canada show fiscal discipline and put forth prudent budgets. Here in B.C., Finance Minister Kevin Falcon reassured British ...

9. Canadians Celebrate Tax Freedom Day on June 6, 2011

   The Fraser Institute annually calculates Tax Freedom Day in order to provide a comprehensive and easily understood indicator of the overall tax burden faced by the average Canadian family. Tax Freedom Day is the day in the year by which the average ...

10. Canadians Celebrate Tax Freedom Day on June 5, 2010

    On Tax Freedom Day, the average Canadian family has earned enough money to pay the taxesimposed on it by the three levels of government federal, provincial, and local. Main Conclusions On Tax Freedom Day, the average Canadian family has earned enough ...