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1. Canadians—there was no middle-class tax cut

   Appeared in the Vancouver Province, April 30, 2018 With tax season just behind us, many Canadians are realizing the full weight of the income taxes they paid in 2017, and some may wonder about the much-heralded middle-class tax cut promised by the ...

2. Towards a Better Understanding of Income Inequality in Canada

   In recent years, income inequality has become one of the most animating—and unfortunately most misunderstood—economic and social issues of our time. Sparked by the 2008-09 recession, the well-deserved backlash against corporate bailouts, the Occupy Wall ...

3. Too many analyses misrepresent capital gains income and taxes

   As the federal budget quickly approaches and rumours regarding a likely increase in capital gains taxes intensify, it’s worthwhile to consider how many of the analyses calling for higher capital gains taxes confuse capital gains income ...

4. Rates of return for expanded CPP remain meagre

   Last month, Canada’s finance ministers announced an “agreement in principle” to expand the Canada Pension Plan (CPP), which will require workers to pay more into the program starting in 2019 in exchange for higher CPP retirement benefits ...

5. Rates of return for expanded CPP remain meagre

   Last month, Canada’s finance ministers announced an “agreement in principle” to expand the Canada Pension Plan (CPP), which will require workers to pay more into the program starting in 2019 in exchange for higher CPP retirement benefits in the future. As ...

6. Federal Government Failure in Canada, 2013 Edition: A review of the Auditor General's reports, 1988-2013

   The discussion of the limitations of government and subsequent government failure is wholly absent from debate in Canada where, unfortunately, we still assume that governments act benevolently and without institutional constraints. That this is not true ...

7. Fraser Forum- May/June 2013: Value for money in health care: Varying performances across Canada

   In this issue: Balanced budget in BC comes with short- and long-term pain by Jason Clemens, Niels Veldhuis, and Milagros Palacios BC Liberals have put an emphasis on balancing the budget over the next year. BC’s Prosperity Fund: A good idea if designed ...