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1. Canada’s finance minister apparently doesn’t understand the difference between taxes and transfers

   The job of finance minister requires a wide breadth of knowledge and clear understanding of public finance. So it’s more than a little worrisome to see federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau (pictured above) display an apparent lack of ...

2. Reality undercuts Trudeau government’s tax-cutting claim

   There’s no doubt that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is being asked some tough questions on his current cross-country town hall tour. But a recent study on taxation raises yet another critical question for the prime minister. For a ...

3. According to Prime Minister Trudeau, redistribution is the new ‘tax relief’

   In the House of Commons on Tuesday, the prime minister admitted that many middle-class Canadians are now paying more taxes. ...

4. Trudeau government has raised income taxes on majority of middle-class Canadian families

   Appeared in the Financial Post, September 27, 2017 On the campaign trail Justin Trudeau promised to cut income taxes on middle-class Canadian families. Since becoming prime minister, he and his government have repeatedly claimed to have kept this promise. ...

5. 81% of middle-class families pay higher income taxes due to Trudeau government changes

   Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government has repeatedly claimed to have cut income taxes on middle-class Canadian families—a key campaign promise. But as a recent study finds, reality does not match the government’s rhetoric. When all ...

6. Measuring the Impact of Federal Personal Income Tax Changes on Middle Income Canadian Families

   Select your family type: Select your family's income range: Select your family's income range:   During the 2015 federal election campaign, the Liberals pledged to cut income taxes on Canada’s middle class. Since coming into office, the ...

7. Three reasons why Canada’s middle class is doing better today

   For years now, politicians and pundits have been peddling a pessimistic view that Canadian middle-class families are stagnating economically or even falling behind. Fortunately, this gloomy view is not true. Here are three key reasons, ...

8. Canadian middle-class incomes, purchasing power up dramatically

   Appeared in Toronto Sun, October 1, 2016 Many Canadians may think times are tougher today compared to several decades ago. You can’t blame them. We’re regularly told by politicians and pundits how middle-class families are stagnating economically or even ...