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  1. Ontario Enters Uncharted Waters with a $15 Minimum Wage

    Premier Wynne’s government in Ontario has announced a plan to increase the province’s minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2019. This would represent a 32 percent increase in less than 18 months. Such a rapid increase in the minimum wage could have harmful ...

  2. Notley following Rae’s fiscal model—and getting the same results

    In 2015, Premier Notley’s incoming NDP government found itself at a crossroads when it came to handling Alberta’s deteriorating public finances. As detailed by a Fraser Institute study from that year, various past provincial NDP ...

  3. Alberta NDP government’s spending trajectory mirrors that of Bob Rae’s in Ontario

    When Premier Notley’s NDP government took office in Alberta in 2015, it inherited a difficult fiscal situation. A sustained period of rapid spending growth under her predecessors, along with the fall in oil prices and resulting drop in ...

  4. Ontario debt—kicking the can down the road

    A new study released this today by the Fraser Institute examined the Wynne government’s plan to reduce Ontario’s debt burden to pre-recession levels (26-27 per cent) by 2029/30 from its current level of 37.5 per cent. The government’s ...

  5. Wishful Thinking: An Analysis of Ontario’s Timeline for Shrinking Its Debt Burden

    Since 2007/08, Ontario’s level of public debt has approximately doubled. As a result, the provincial debt-to-GDP ratio has climbed to historically high levels in recent years. In its 2017 budget, Premier Wynne’s government presented a timeline for ...

  6. The government is making it harder for businesses to survive in Ontario

    Appeared in the Ottawa Sun, June 7, 2017 Last week, Premier Wynne’s government announced a whopping 32 per cent increase to the minimum wage. The hourly wage floor will climb from $11.40 today to $15 in 2019. In the days leading up to and following the ...

  7. 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 ...