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1. How have Alberta’s young adults fared?

   Appeared in the Calgary Herald When any new government takes power, temptations abound to do something different, merely to distinguish itself from the regime it replaced. That’s understandable political behaviour but overhaul too much on policy and you ...

2. Cheer up, western prosperity will return

   Appeared in the Calgary Herald As everyone from the Manitoba-Ontario border to Tofino knows, the local and provincial economies, which depend on resource extraction, have slowed. So this is a critical time to get some perspective on the past. If ...

3. Go West, Young Adults: The 10-Year Western Boom in Investment, Jobs and Incomes

   If a young Canadian seeks economic opportunity—that is, employment and the chance to achieve at least a middle class income—which provinces can best provide those opportunities? The data show that Western Canada is the land of opportunity for young adults ...

4. Think global, not local

   Appeared in Calgary Herald When I lived in the idyllic city of Victoria, a photocopier salesman once tried to lease me one of his machines by noting mine was made in Japan (while his was manufactured in Canada). He told me I should lease the latter and ...

5. While you were on vacation: more fake job creation from governments

   Appeared in the Financial Post and Calgary Herald While many Canadians were on vacation this summer, including many journalists and opposition parliamentarians who might notice taxpayer cash dribbling away, our governments continued to hand out more ...