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1. Canada needs more paycheque writers

   Total business investment declined by 0.2 per cent per year between 2016 and 2019. ...

2. The real election losers—balance sheet, health care, federalism

   On health-care wait times, Canada consistently ranks lowest among comparable countries with universal health care. ...

3. Trudeau policies have hurt economic growth

   This government’s policies depart from the consensus of previous governments both Liberal and Conservative. ...

4. Trudeau rhetoric can’t change Canada’s fiscal reality

   Due to federal tax changes, 61 per cent of low-income families face higher personal income taxes. ...

5. Freeland doubles down despite dismal pre-COVID economic numbers

   The Trudeau government ranks last on average total household income growth. ...

6. Federal government’s OAS increase typifies bad policy

   The government expects to borrow $331.9 billion over the next five years, bringing the national debt to at least $1.5 trillion. ...

7. Scoring the economic performance of Canada’s last five prime ministers

   The 2016-2019 period had the weakest economic performance of the five periods analyzed. ...

8. Trudeau’s pre-recession period marked by weak economic numbers

   Appeared in the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal, February 13, 2021 Back in 2015, the Trudeau Liberals ran on—and in some ways, were elected on—a promise that their dramatic changes in fiscal and regulatory policies including higher government spending ...

9. Comparing pre-recession economic performance—Chrétien vs. Trudeau

   Appeared in the Globe and Mail, February 11, 2021 The contrast between the current Trudeau Liberal government and its Liberal predecessor under Jean Chrétien could not be more stark. As the Trudeau government prepares its 2021 budget, which by all ...

10. Rhetoric vs. reality—the Trudeau government’s dismal record on business investment

    Appeared in the Financial Post, February 11, 2021 Business investment—in factories, machinery, equipment and new technologies—remains vital to the prosperity of any country. “If businesses don’t invest, to create great jobs,” said former Trudeau finance ...