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1. Prime Minister Trudeau selling Canadians false bill of goods on infrastructure

   Appeared in the Winnipeg Free Press, May 19, 2017 You’d think that a prime minister would be intimately familiar with one of his government’s signature policy initiatives. However, regarding Ottawa’s multi-billion dollar infrastructure plan, a recent ...

2. Trudeau government stretches definition of ‘infrastructure’ too far

   Appeared in the Ottawa Sun, April 2, 2017 The 2017 federal budget revealed new details on the Trudeau government’s nearly $100 billion infrastructure spending plan. Canadians should know that, contrary to the government’s rhetoric, much of this spending ...

3. Federal government’s infrastructure plan unlikely to spur economic growth

   Appeared in the Financial Post, March 8, 2017 In their campaigning, and since coming into power, the Trudeau Liberals have talked a lot about wanting to grow the economy to better serve Canada’s middle class. And they have pinned their economic hopes ...

4. Infrastructure spending in Canada—myths and reality

   Appeared in the Winnipeg Sun, March 3, 2017 In the coming weeks, the Trudeau government and several provincial governments will release budgets that will include plans to collectively spend hundreds of billions of dollars on infrastructure over the coming ...

5. Myths of Infrastructure Spending in Canada

   As the federal government and several provincial governments plan on collectively spending hundreds of billions of dollars over the coming decade on infrastructure, this report dispels five common myths used to argue for why now is a good time to ramp up ...

6. Better control of government spending, not tax hikes could fund regional transit plan

   Appeared in The Province This spring’s mail-in plebiscite will essentially ask Metro Vancouver voters if they’re willing to pay $250 million more in sales taxes each year to fund the $7.5 billion expanded transit system proposed by a council of the region ...

7. Using Public-Private Partnerships to Improve Transportation Infrastructure in Canada

   There is general agreement among diverse groups and individuals that Canada?s transportation infrastructure desperately requires improvement. As governments move to confront this challenge, it is not enough that they simply commit to building more roads ...