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1. In Ontario, hard work doesn’t pay

   Appeared in the Toronto Sun, June 8, 2016 If there was ever a statistic that confirmed Ontario is no longer a place to prosper, consider that average incomes in Ontario (after taxes) have slid from being 20 per cent higher than the rest of Canada to now ...

2. Canadians Celebrate Tax Freedom Day on June 7, 2016

   In 2016, the average Canadian family will earn $105,236 in income and pay a total of $45,167 in taxes (42.9%). If the average Canadian family had to pay its total tax bill of $45,167 up front, it would have worked until June 6 to pay the total tax bill ...

3. Two-thumbs down for Manitoba film tax credits

   Appeared in the Winnipeg Sun, February 8, 2016 Manitobans should understand that film tax credits are not worthy of support because they are really just unsustainable corporate subsidies. This past summer, Manitoba's NDP government announced they ...

4. Higher corporate taxes mean lower wages for workers

   Appeared in the Toronto Sun, January 19, 2016 With governments across Canada mired in persistent deficits, we have seen a surge of misguided tax increases in an attempt to close budget gaps. Often, the loudest calls are for higher business taxes, given a ...

5. The Effect of Corporate Income and Payroll Taxes on the Wages of Canadian Workers

   A long held misperception in public policy debates is about who ultimately bears the bur-den of business taxes. The tax incidence is determined by the group that ultimately bears the burden of the tax, which can be different from the entity responsible ...

6. Carbon tax another major blow to Alberta’s investment climate

   Appeared in the Edmonton Journal, November 25, 2015 For many years, Alberta has maintained a strong investment climate vis-à-vis other provinces and other energy-producing jurisdictions. This helped set the foundation for robust economic performance and ...

7. End of the Chretien Consensus in Canada?

   Appeared in the Financial Post, November 24, 2015 Canada enjoyed an economic and fiscal renaissance starting in the mid-1990s that lasted more than a decade. The boom was rooted in sound fiscal policy (balanced budgets, focused spending, and tax ...

8. Lessons from the past on governance in Canada

   Appeared in the Financial Post, November 4, 2015 Prime Minister-designate Justin Trudeau led his Liberal Party back from third-party status in Parliament to capture a majority government, the first Liberal majority government since 2000 under former ...

9. Canadians Celebrate Tax Freedom Day on June 10, 2015

   On Tax Freedom Day, the average Canadian family has earned enough money to pay the taxes imposed on it by the three levels of government: federal, provincial, and local. In 2015, Canadians celebrate Tax Freedom Day on June 10. That is, Canadians will have ...

10. Canada’s tax system requires swift simplification

    Appeared in the Toronto Sun Filed your taxes yet? You’ve got until Thursday at midnight. After that, according to the federal government, you’re officially in arrears. Unfortunately, due to Canada’s increasingly complex tax system, Canadians today face ...