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1. Trudeau government reveals what it truly thinks about Canada’s energy industry

   Appeared in National Newswatch, April 20, 2020 After weeks of delay, on Friday the federal government finally announced its aid package for the energy sector. To say it’s underwhelming would be an understatement. More than anything, the package confirms ...

2. Ontario budget deficit likely larger than forecast

   We recently blogged on the Ontario government’s March 2020 Economic and Fiscal Update (hereafter simply referred to as the Fiscal Update), which we concluded was too optimistic in its economic and revenue assumptions, and included new ...

3. Why differences between government and markets matters today—Public Choice in action, Part 2

   The previous blog post explained a whole set of differences between the government and market sectors of our society and how those differences affect decision-making, incentives and performance in the two sectors. This second blog post ...

4. Trudeau government must produce plan to help one of Canada’s most important sectors

   Canada’s energy sector employed (directly and indirectly) and supported more than 830,000 jobs. ...

5. Trudeau government ‘wage subsidy’ increases uncertainty for workers and businesses

   Appeared in the Financial Post, April 3, 2020 During these troubled and uncertain times, Canadian households and businesses need certainty from governments including certainty about how government will help stabilize incomes for Canadians and businesses, ...

6. Ford government’s budget update overly optimistic and likely ineffective

   Appeared in National Newswatch, April 2, 2020 With all the announcements last week by the federal government, and the drama surrounding the passage of the federal spending bill on Wednesday, last week’s Ontario financial and budget update went largely ...

7. Revisions to ‘wage subsidy’ program leave many questions unanswered

   In what seems like a constant evolution of responses to the COVID-19 health and economic crisis, the federal government on Wednesday—April Fool’s no less—attempted to clarify the expanded wage subsidy program announced by the prime ...

8. Employers must be allowed to temporarily lay off workers during COVID crisis

   Appeared in National Newswatch, March 27, 2020 Aside from the enormous health-related challenges due to the COVID-19 virus, employers and workers are feeling major economic pain with job loss, reduced income and revenue. The ability of businesses to ...

9. Boost EI but don’t create new wage subsidy program

   Appeared in the Financial Post, March 26, 2020 As part of the $52 billion aid package to support Canadian workers and businesses, which the House of Commons and Senate approved Wednesday, small businesses will be eligible for a temporary wage subsidy to ...

10. Trudeau government gets unlimited spending authority for six months

    Appeared in the Toronto Sun, March 26, 2020 On Wednesday, the government passed legislation (which the Opposition members either supported or acquiesced to) giving sweeping powers to Finance Minister Bill Morneau, including the power to unilaterally spend ...