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  1. Not Your Prairie NDP

    Appeared in the Vancouver Sun Too often in politics, particularly during election campaigns, citizens conflate political brands with policy. That is, too often we make assumptions about the policies of political parties based on a perception rather than ...

  2. The Compliance and Administrative Costs of Taxation in Canada 2013

    There are a number of economic costs associated with taxes, some of which unfortunately, are almost always ignored or misunderstood. The direct and most visible cost of taxes is simply the tax itself. It is the amount of earnings that individuals or ...

  3. Taxes and civilization: let's not overdo it

    Appeared in the Calgary Herald For those who file their taxes at the last moment and cut an extra cheque to government, right about now is unlikely to be their favourite time of year. For what it’s worth, it might be of some comfort to know taxes have ...

  4. Income tax only a portion of our total tax bill(2)

    Appeared in the Winnipeg Free Press and Trail Daily Times Unless analyzing tax policy is part of your day job, you likely avoid thinking about what ultimately can be a polarizing topic. But with the deadline for filing our income tax returns around the ...

  5. Pick your poison on taxes in BC's election

    Appeared in the Vancouver Sun British Columbia is officially in election mode and the parties are rolling out their campaign promises. When it comes to the tax promises of the two mainstream parties, British Columbians are confronted with a choice, as it ...

  6. Taxes versus the Necessities of Life: The Canadian Consumer Tax Index, 2013

    The Canadian Consumer Tax Index reveals that there has been a dramatic increase in the average family?s tax bill from 1961 to 2012. Among those factors is a sizeable increase in incomes over the period: 1,382 percent since 1961. Even with no changes in ...

  7. Are All Tax Cuts Good?

    Appeared in the Globe and Mail Economy Lab Milton Friedman was famous for his one-liners. One of his most repeated lines was: “I am in favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it's possible.” ...

  8. Bad news budget dims New Brunswick's economic prospects

    Appeared in the New Brunswick Telegraph Journal Last week’s provincial budget was a heap of bad news for New Brunswickers. First they learned that they will continue to be burdened by a government with shaky finances driven by annual deficits and ...

  9. Return of the PST darkens BC economy

    Appeared in the Vancouver Sun April 1st is an important day for British Columbians and we're not referring to the Easter long weekend. On that day BC officially scraps the HST and in one fell swoop restores the old Provincial Sales Tax system. But ...

  10. The tax credit snowball; More people don't have any skin in the game- they don't pay taxes

    Appeared in the Financial Post With economic growth slowing and a goal of balancing the budget by 2015, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty will have little fiscal room for major new initiatives in Thursday's federal budget. The risk is that the ...