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1. A New (Old) Fiscal Rule for Non-Renewable Resource Revenue in Alberta

   Alberta’s government finances are once again in a perilous state with ongoing deficits, mounting debt and near record levels of spending. One of the greatest contributors to Alberta’s fiscal instability is the provincial government’s treatment of non ...

2. Higher capital gains tax would hurt Canada's economic recovery

   Appeared in the Financial Post, February 4, 2021 Context is important. Most economists, including Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem, agree that investment must be the foundation for economic recovery. Unfortunately, Canada's performance on ...

3. Contributions to the CPP—comparing provinces

   Alberta’s $27.9 billion net contribution over this period is almost four times greater than Ontario’s. ...

4. Albertans contribute disproportionately to the CPP and other programs

   Appeared in the National Post, April 4, 2019 There’s a palpable rising frustration in western Canada, particularly in Alberta, regarding the give-and-take of national programs —a growing sense (again) that Ottawa just doesn’t understand the West. ...

5. Albertans Make Disproportionate Contributions to National Programs: The Canada Pension Plan as a Case Study

   Alberta disproportionately contributes to a host of national and federal programs. This bulletin examines the province’s contributions to the Canada Pension Plan. In 2017, Alberta workers represented 16.5 percent of the total contributions to the ...

6. CEO to Worker Pay: Global Competition for Top Talent

   A 2018 CCPA report found that the average compensation for the 100 highest-paid CEOs in Canada was $10.4 million, 209 times higher than the average industrial wage in Canada ($49,738). Extending the analysis to include all CEOs in the survey ...

7. Reforming Capital Gains Taxes in Alberta

   Capital gains taxes impose comparatively large costs on the economy by discouraging needed activities such as entrepreneurship, investment, and savings. A number of industrialized countries such as Switzerland, New Zealand, the Netherlands, and ...

8. K-12 Education Reform in Alberta

   Primary and secondary (K-12) education is one of the most important services supported by provincial governments as it provides the next generation with the foundation of knowledge, experience, and skills necessary for their success as adults. It is the ...

9. Canada should attract—not repel—top talent including CEOs

   Appeared in the Financial Post, January 3, 2018 Along with the perennial New Year’s resolutions, January also typically features a swat of commentaries decrying CEO pay and demands for new regulations and taxes. Unfortunately these cries for ever-larger ...

10. CEO to Worker Pay: A Broader Examination

    A 2017 CCPA report found that the average compensation for the 100 highest-paid CEOs in Canada was $9.5 million, which was 193 times higher than the average industrial wage in Canada ($49,510). Extending the analysis to include all CEOs in the ...