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  1. Prohibition-era liquor policies continue in Ontario and B.C.

    Appeared in the Ottawa Citizen If Canadians ever needed proof that narrow politicking interferes with sensible consumer choice, they need look no further than the byzantine “reforms” on the sale of beer, wine and spirits proposed by Ontario, and one ...

  2. How not to reform government pensions

    Appeared in the Vancouver Sun Imagine if governments engaged in a massive spending binge over the last decade, with the benefits falling to just a small part of the population and then hiked taxes four times to pay for it. Now imagine if they argued, in ...

  3. Lights! Camera! Massive Film Subsidies!

    Appeared in the Calgary Herald There is apparently no shortage of politicians with a not-so-secret Hollywood love affair: they love to throw tax sweeteners and direct subsidies at the film industry, this in an effort to lure film production to their ...

  4. Privatizing B.C. government liquor distribution and liquor stores would provide huge benefits to consumers

    Appeared in Business in Vancouver If you’re a fan of lower prices, increased convenience, better product selection and improved customer service, you might want to keep the champagne on ice---at least when it comes to BC’s liquor industry. Despite all the ...

  5. BC Premier's Alberta shakedown

    Appeared in the Calgary Herald, Vancouver Sun, Waterloo Region Record, Winnipeg Free Press and Stockwatch.com With her demand that either Alberta or Ottawa ante up more cash before the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline can proceed through parts of ...

  6. Why do most provinces still run Soviet-style liquor stores?

    Appeared in the Calgary Herald and Vancouver Sun Anyone who recently visited Alberta for the 100th anniversary of the Calgary Stampede might have noticed something unusual about the province: not a single government liquor store. Alberta does have a ...

  7. Incomplete, Illiberal, and Expensive: A Review of 15 Years of Treaty Negotiations in British Columbia and Proposals for Reform

    This study reviews the treaty process in British Columbia since 1993, its assumptions, costs, and outcomes as evidenced in signed treaties, final agreements, and agreements in principle. It analyzes the current federal and British Columbia government ...