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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. Understanding the significance of the Kinder Morgan decision to suspend the Trans Mountain pipeline

   The decision by Kinder Morgan to suspend all non-essential spending on its Trans Mountain pipeline despite regulatory approval is yet another sign of the significant problems in Canada’s energy sector and indeed our broader economy. Fraser Institute ...

3. CPP reforms need a complete rethink

   For retirees born after 1993, the CPP rate of return will be a meagre 2.5 per cent. ...

4. 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 ...

5. Trudeau government’s small business tax changes won’t help the middle class

   Appeared in the Vancouver Sun, October 23, 2017 The Trudeau Liberals were elected for, among other reasons, their commitment to a more prosperous economy, particularly one where the benefits flowed to the middle-class. Since coming to power in 2015, there ...

6. Taxing professionals—not a way to grow the economy

   Appeared in the Vancouver Sun, August 19, 2017 The Liberal Party ran on and won the 2015 federal election in large measure because of its promise to improve the economy. Unfortunately, in too many cases the actions of the now-governing Liberals run ...

7. Morneau’s tax changes—another missed opportunity as Ottawa searches for revenue

   Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau (pictured above) today proposed a series of tax changes intended to crackdown on tax-planning strategies involving the use of private corporations that can “result in high-income individuals gaining ...

8. Innovators needed for an innovative Canada

   Appeared in the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal, March 29, 2017 One of the pillars of the federal government’s laudable focus on improving the economy, particularly for middle-class Canadians, is an emphasis on innovation and entrepreneurship. Indeed, it ...

9. Budget 2017 spells end of the Chrétien Consensus?

   Under the Trudeau government, deficits continue with no end in sight, debt is growing and taxes have increased. ...

10. Federal budget punts major decisions, continues policy of uncertainty

    Appeared in the Financial Post, March 23, 2017 Today’s federal budget adds fuel to the growing problem of policy uncertainty hovering over the Canadian economy. It’s essentially status quo. It fails to chart a clear course for taxpayers, entrepreneurs and ...