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  1. Increasing the Minimum Wage in Ontario: A Flawed Anti-Poverty Policy

    Main Conclusions As part of its Poverty Reduction Strategy, former Premier Kathleen Wynne’s government was planning to raise the minimum wage from $11.60 in 2017 to $15 per hour by 2019. But, raising the minimum wage is not an effective way to alleviate ...

  2. Report gives false impression on senior poverty in British Columbia

    A new report released by the Social Planning and Research Council of B.C. (SPARC B.C.), in partnership with the United Way, has prompted headlines that senior poverty in B.C. has “ spiked ” and is higher than in other provinces. ...

  3. New evidence shows higher minimum wage means fewer benefits for workers

    Within the last year, every province in Canada has seen an increase in the minimum wage rate—most notably Canada’s most populous province, Ontario, saw an increase of 21 per cent from $11.60 to $14 per hour. But raising the minimum wage ...

  4. Tax relief should be top priority for Doug Ford

    Appeared in the Ottawa Sun, June 13, 2018 Last week, voters delivered a decisive victory for Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario. While there’s no shortage of pressing policy issues facing the incoming government, tax relief should be ...

  5. Deficit spending not a free lunch—it’s a bill to future taxpayers

    Appeared in the Winnipeg Free Press, June 12, 2018 It’s official. According to the federal government’s fiscal monitor, Ottawa ran a $19.4 billion budget deficit for 2017/18. And this government’s appetite for deficit spending shows no signs of relenting. ...

  6. Memo to Doug Ford—Ontario desperately needs personal income tax reform

    Due to last week’s election victory, Doug Ford is Ontario’s premier-designate. However, now comes the difficult task of governing. While there’s no shortage of pressing policy issues for the province, tax relief should be top of mind ...

  7. June 10—when Canadian families are finally free from paying taxes

    Appeared in the Toronto Sun, June 10, 2018 Happy Tax Freedom Day, Canada! If you had to pay all your taxes for 2018 upfront, you’d give every dollar you earned to government before today. It’s taken nearly half the year but finally, on June 10, you’re ...

  8. This year, Canadians celebrate Tax Freedom Day today—June 10

    This year Canadians celebrate Tax Freedom Day on June 10. That means if you paid your annual tax bill up front, you’d give government every dollar you earned before Tax Freedom Day. It’s only from June 10 onward that you’re finally ...

  9. Canadians Celebrate Tax Freedom Day on June 10, 2018

    In 2018, the average Canadian family will earn $115,724 in income and pay a total of $50,464 in taxes (43.6%). If the average Canadian family had to pay its total tax bill of $50,464 up front, it would have worked until June 9 to pay the total tax ...

  10. Canada’s finance minister apparently doesn’t understand the difference between taxes and transfers

    The job of finance minister requires a wide breadth of knowledge and clear understanding of public finance. So it’s more than a little worrisome to see federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau (pictured above) display an apparent lack of ...