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1. Tax relief should be top priority for Doug Ford

   Appeared in the Ottawa Sun, June 13, 2018 Last week, voters delivered a decisive victory for Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario. While there’s no shortage of pressing policy issues facing the incoming government, tax relief should be ...

2. Scrap corporate welfare and restore Canada’s business tax advantage over the U.S.

   Appeared in the Financial Post, May 15, 2018 It’s been more than two months since Finance Minister Bill Morneau said he would study Canada’s crumbling business tax advantage—while cautioning against any “impulsive” measures in response to tax changes ...

3. Canada has completely lost its business tax advantage over the U.S.

   Many factors affect Canada’s ability to attract and retain investment, entrepreneurship, and skilled workers. Some of them—such as global swings in commodity prices—are not within the government’s direct control. But government policies ...

4. B.C. government sending all the wrong signals to investors

   Appeared in the Vancouver Province, March 20, 2018 Consumer spending and a hot real estate market have helped buoy British Columbia’s economy in recent years. But they have also helped mask deep-rooted economic problems including B.C.’s dismal level of ...

5. Canada has a business investment problem—deal with it

   It’s not as if we needed more bad news about Canada’s economic prospects. But we got it last week with the latest data highlighting the country’s weak business investment. Statistics Canada released its latest survey results on ...

6. Canada asleep at the wheel on U.S. tax reform

   Appeared in the Calgary Herald, December 14, 2017 Former prime minister Pierre Trudeau once famously quipped that living next to the United States “is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant.” By this he meant that developments in the U.S. often have ...

7. Proposed tax changes targeting private corporations fall short of comprehensive reform

   Yesterday the Trudeau government wrapped up consultations on its proposed tax changes targeting private corporations. The proposed changes are best described as a piecemeal approach that falls well short of the type of comprehensive tax ...

8. Case for corporate tax cuts in Ontario strong—whether or not Trump makes the first move

   Appeared in the Ottawa Sun, May 24, 2017 According to Brad Duguid, Ontario’s minister of economic development, the Wynne government is keeping a close watch on President Trump’s proposed cut to the U.S. corporate income tax rate. Duguid suggested his ...

9. Notley government’s corporate tax hike chips away at Albertan wages

   Appeared in the Edmonton Sun, May 17, 2017 Since taking office, the Notley government has unleashed a raft of tax increases including a significant hike to the province’s corporate income tax rate. While there’s a misperception that higher corporate taxes ...

10. Election results could spell trouble for B.C.’s tax competitiveness

    Appeared in the Vancouver Sun, May 15, 2017 While the final outcome of B.C.’s election is far from certain, it’s worth considering what a minority government could mean for provincial tax policy. As things currently stand, a majority of MLAs headed to ...