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  1. Time to rethink using the minimum wage as an anti-poverty tool in Ontario

    Appeared in the Ottawa Sun, June 20, 2018 Former prime minister Kim Campbell once famously quipped that “an election is no time to discuss serious issues.” Unfortunately, this is often true, as exemplified by the lack of meaningful debate on minimum wage ...

  2. Time to rethink minimum wage as an anti-poverty tool in Ontario

    Appeared in the Toronto Sun, June 20, 2018 Former Prime Minister Kim Campbell once famously quipped that “an election is no time to discuss serious issues.” Unfortunately, this is often true, as exemplified by the lack of meaningful debate on minimum wage ...

  3. 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 ...

  4. Memo to Doug Ford—Ontario desperately needs personal income tax reform

    Due to last week’s election victory, Doug Ford is Ontario’s premier-designate. However, now comes the difficult task of governing. While there’s no shortage of pressing policy issues for the province, tax relief should be top of mind ...

  5. Minimum wage hike wrong way to support single parents

    Appeared in the Ottawa Sun, May 30, 2018 In her opening statement in the final debate before Ontario’s general election, Liberal Leader Kathleen Wynne stood by her government’s decisions with a new catchphrase—“sorry, not sorry.” She then listed policy ...

  6. Most of Ontario’s new debt due to day-to-day spending

    Appeared in the Ottawa Sun, April 18, 2018 Ontario’s provincial government is piling up debt at a historic pace. Between 2007/08 and 2018/19, Ontario’s debt has grown from $157 billion to $325 billion. The government defends this record by suggesting the ...

  7. At least 1.8 million Ontarians will pay more in income taxes

    Ontario’s recent budget is jammed packed with new policies ahead of the upcoming provincial election. But what’s missing is any sign that the government wants to improve its uncompetitive personal income tax (PIT) system. In fact, the ...

  8. Surprise—Alberta’s government debt burden is approaching Quebec’s

    The recent provincial budgets released by the Quebec and Alberta governments are a study in contrasts of government debt. On one hand, Quebec has a high-debt government that’s aiming to reduce its debt burden. On the other hand, Alberta ...

  9. The Wynne budget—more spending, more fiscal problems, more debt

    Appeared in the Toronto Sun, March 29, 2018 Finance Minister Charles Sousa has tabled Ontario’s 2018 budget. And above all else, the pre-election document is characterized by a complete absence of fiscal discipline and dangerous willingness to saddle ...

  10. Ontario budget ignores past promises, offers no plan to enhance economic competitiveness

    Predictably, many of the headlines on Ontario’s 2018 budget, released today, focus on Premier Kathleen Wynne’s so-called “free” child care plan and other big-spending items. It is, after all, a big-spending budget. But crucially, the ...