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1. York professor plumbs new low of public ‘discourse’

   Appeared in the Toronto Sun, October 17, 2018 Recently, Dennis Raphael, a professor of health policy and management at York University in Toronto, penned an op-ed, which represents a low point for discourse about public policy in Canada. Raphael describes ...

2. Minimum wage hikes can hurt the people they’re supposed to help

   Recently, Premier Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservative government said it will not proceed with a scheduled increase to Ontario’s minimum wage, which the previous government planned to implement next year. As a result, the minimum wage ...

3. Brown mirrors Wynne on the minimum wage

   Appeared in the Ottawa Sun, December 13, 2017 Recently, the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party (PC) released its election platform. In many policy areas, the platform calls for only vary small variations on the course charted by Premier Wynne's ...

4. Minimum wage hikes—negative effects may hit lower-wage regions of Ontario particularly hard

   Between now and 2019, Ontario will increase its minimum wage to $15 per hour. In total, this will be an increase of more than 30 per cent in less than a year-and-a-half. Canadian evidence consistently shows that higher minimum wages tend ...

5. Upcoming minimum wage hikes threaten younger and less-skilled Ontarians

   In January, Ontario’s minimum wage will increase to $14 an hour, up from $11.60 today. In January 2019, the wage floor will increase by another dollar to $15 per hour. There are good reasons to worry that such a rapid increase in the ...

6. Minimum wage hikes—flawed anti-poverty policy

   Appeared in the Toronto Sun, October 11, 2017 In recent weeks, a raft of new studies have been published by various organizations warning that the Wynne government’s plan to dramatically increase the minimum wage over the next 15 months could ...

7. Obstacles to business investment in Ontario—high labour costs

   A recent study by the Fraser Institute showed that weak business investment remains a serious problem for Ontario’s economy, with important implications for the province’s medium- and long-term growth prospects. While the provincial ...

8. Rising cost of doing business in Ontario chasing away business investment

   After more than a decade of comparatively weak economic performance, there are finally some green shoots for Ontario’s economy. Unemployment in the province is at its lowest in 16 years, and the province is expected to be near the top of ...

9. No, Mr. Brown—not everyone wants a $15 minimum wage

   Appeared in the Ottawa Sun, June 28, 2017 Recently, Premier Kathleen Wynne announced a plan to increase Ontario’s minimum wage to $15 per hour over the next 18 months. Shortly thereafter, Ontario’s Progressive Conservative Leader Patrick Brown voiced his ...

10. Minimum wage hikes in Ontario likely means lower youth employment

    Premier Wynne’s government recently announced a plan to hike Ontario’s minimum wage by 32 per cent, from its current rate of $11.40 to $15 by 2019. We’ve already written that such a large and rapid increase in the minimum wage is likely ...