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1. Trudeau’s carbon tax hike will hammer southwestern Ontarians

   The higher carbon tax will cost Ontario more than 86,000 jobs and cause the province’s economy to contract by 1.9 per cent. ...

2. Combined provincial, federal deficits will grow by about $22 billion annually due to carbon tax hike

   A $170 carbon tax will also cost the average Canadian worker $1,800 in foregone income. ...

3. Higher electricity costs disproportionality hurting southwestern Ontario

   Appeared in the Epoch Times, December 14, 2020 Ontarians understand the personal costs—namely, higher electricity bills—of increased electricity prices caused largely by their provincial government’s Green Energy Act, which mandated and subsidized ...

4. Higher federal carbon tax will imperil Canadian competitiveness

   Last week, in the midst of a global pandemic and deep recession, the Trudeau government unveiled its new plan to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Despite adamantly stating it had no plans to increase the carbon tax beyond the ...

5. Trudeau government should learn from Ontario’s green energy failure

   Residential electricity prices increased 71 per cent in Ontario. ...

6. Competitiveness should be a top priority for finance ministers

   Serious concerns about the country’s competitiveness hovered above talks this week at the federal-provincial finance ministers meeting in Ottawa. Which is not surprising. Canada has become a less appealing place to do business due to ...

7. Incentives matter for a better economy for Canadians

   Appeared in Maclean's, May 31, 2018 The last week has seen numerous assessments, mostly critical of the federal government’s decision to purchase the Trans Mountain pipeline. And yet, a key aspect of the decision—this government’s dismissive view of ...

8. The finance minister said what? Part 3

   This third installment in what has unfortunately become an ongoing series of blog posts examining statements by Canada’s federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau (pictured above) focuses on recent comments made during testimony before the ...

9. 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 ...