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1. Despite decades of government subsidies, Canadian innovation has waned

   Appeared in National Newswatch, January 15, 2019 The implementation and adoption of new methods of producing goods and services, along with the introduction and use of new products and new ways of organizing businesses, remain critical to improving living ...

2. Ottawa must act to help restore Canadian competiveness

   Appeared in the Winnipeg Sun, October 29, 2018 As the fall economic update from the Trudeau government quickly approaches, there’s increasing anxiousness with respect to what, if any, measures the government will introduce to improve competitiveness, ...

3. Capital Investment in Canada: An International Comparison

   Capital investment contributes to economic growth and higher standards of living through its link to increased labour productivity and technological change. The growth rate of overall capital expenditures in Canada slowed substantially from 2005 ...

4. Capital Investment in Canada: Recent Behaviour and Implications

   The growth of overall capital investment in Canada slowed substantially from 2005-2017 compared to earlier periods—and was lower than in virtually any period since 1970. Further, the share of business investment in total capital investment ...

5. Trudeau government can spur entrepreneurship with genuine tax reform

   Appeared in the Globe and Mail, August 2, 2018 The Trudeau government is on record—it wants to support entrepreneurship in Canada. It even included $2 billion in its last budget to help female entrepreneurs. But so far, the government’s tax policies have ...

6. Financial Markets, Laws, and Entrepreneurship

   Financial Markets, Laws, and Entrepreneurship, a chapter in the recently released book Demographics and Entrepreneurship: Mitigating the Effects of an Aging Population, finds that the preferential tax rate for small businesses does not encourage ...

7. Higher top personal income tax rates discourage entrepreneurship in Canada

   Entrepreneurship plays an essential role in fostering a strong economy for Canada. Entrepreneurs innovate, bringing opportunities and benefits to Canadians. So it’s concerning that the rate of entrepreneurship in Canada has steadily ...

8. Ontario can spur entrepreneurship by cutting personal income taxes

   Appeared in the Globe and Mail, July 10, 2018 Entrepreneurship remains a vital source of innovation, which helps grow economies and provide employment opportunities for Ontarians. Unfortunately, several recent studies have found fewer businesses are being ...

9. B.C. can spur entrepreneurship by cutting personal income taxes

   Appeared in the Vancouver Sun, July 10, 2018 Entrepreneurship remains a vital source of innovation, which helps grow economies and provide employment opportunities for British Columbians. Unfortunately, several recent studies have found fewer businesses ...

10. Alberta can spur entrepreneurship by cutting personal income taxes

    Appeared in the Calgary Herald, July 10, 2018 Entrepreneurship remains a vital source of innovation, which helps grow economies and provide employment opportunities for Albertans. Unfortunately, several recent studies have found fewer businesses are being ...