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Slow growth in Canada and the elephant in the room—bad government policy
Appeared in The Huffington Post, October 3, 2016 It seems there’s no shortage of headlines claiming that slow economic growth is the “new normal.” The latest stream came from a recent speech in the United Kingdom by Carolyn Wilkins, senior deputy governor ...
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Government policies threaten economic freedom in Canada
Appeared in the National Post, September 15, 2016 Canada ranks a remarkable fifth in the world in economic freedom, just behind Hong Kong, Singapore, New Zealand and Switzerland. The “land of the maple leaf” is far ahead of our southern neighbour, ...
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To spur future growth, Morneau should study recent history
Appeared in the National Newswatch, August 29, 2016 The federal Liberals have repeatedly talked about the importance of encouraging long-term economic growth and bringing about greater prosperity, particularly for Canada’s middle class. As part of the ...
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Taxes are way up since 1961—are public services?
Media reports about the Canadian Consumer Tax Index that the Fraser Institute published this week focused, quite rightly, on the fact that the average Canadian family now spends more of its income on taxes than on food, clothing and ...
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With the resource boom over, Canada must return to proven pro-growth economic policies
Appeared in National Newswatch, April 14, 2016 Canadians seem to have been lulled into a sense of complacency about Canada’s economic competitiveness and our overall performance compared to other industrialized countries. A likely cause is that Canada, as ...
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Comparing Recent Economic Performance in Canada and the United States: A Provincial and State-Level Analysis
Conventional wisdom holds that Canada weathered the global financial crisis and recession better than most industrialized countries, particularly the United States. It is certainly true that overall, Canada has performed better economically than the ...
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Liberal spending increases drive big deficits, not a weak economy
Appeared in the Financial Post, March 29, 2016 In advance of tabling their first budget, the Liberals conveyed a message that deteriorating government finances were the result of a weak economy. The reality of the budget is quite different from the ...
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With the federal budget looming, Canadian economy faces troubled waters—partially self-imposed
Appeared in the Winnipeg Free Press, March 22, 2016 As the federal budget nears, there’s no question the Canadian economy is not firing on all cylinders. The global economic slowdown coupled with depressed commodity prices is posing real challenges for ...
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Why waste a budget? Trudeau should learn from Chretien and Martin
Appeared in National Newswatch, March 18, 2016 As Prime Minister Trudeau delivers his first budget next week, one that reportedly contains a deficit in excess of $30 billion, his government may want to consider the lessons learned by former Prime Minister ...
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The typical minimum-wage earner in Canada—not who you think
Many Canadians believe raising the minimum wage will effectively help the working poor. Central to this belief is the assumption that the typical minimum-wage earner lives in poverty. But is this really the case—who is the typical ...