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  1. Private pensions face regulatory burden the Canada Pension Plan does not

    Appeared in the Financial Post, June 6, 2018 In 2016, in fulfillment of a campaign promise, the Trudeau government reached an agreement with the provinces to expand the Canada Pension Plan. Consequently, mandatory CPP contributions from working Canadians ...

  2. Prime Minister Trudeau conflates taxes and transfers in Question Period

    Appeared in the Winnipeg Sun, June 5, 2018 In a recent exchange during Question Period, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was again asked about a Fraser Institute analysis of how federal tax policy changes have increased the amount of income tax paid by the ...

  3. Minimum wage hike wrong way to support single parents

    Appeared in the Ottawa Sun, May 30, 2018 In her opening statement in the final debate before Ontario’s general election, Liberal Leader Kathleen Wynne stood by her government’s decisions with a new catchphrase—“sorry, not sorry.” She then listed policy ...

  4. Federal purchase of Trans Mountain pipeline distorts incentives, sets dangerous precedent

    Today, Finance Minister Bill Morneau (pictured above) announced that the federal government will purchase all assets related to the Trans Mountain pipeline. This includes the existing pipeline first built in the 1950s, and construction ...

  5. Raising B.C.’s minimum wage wrong way to help working poor

    Appeared in the Vancouver Sun, May 29, 2018 On June 1, the minimum wage in British Columbia will increase from $11.35 to $12.65 per hour—the first in a series of hikes on route to $15.20 in 2021. That’s a 34 per cent increase in three years. Despite ...

  6. Provincial policies making B.C. inhospitable to investment

    Appeared in the Whitehorse Daily Star, May 28, 2018 According to a new Angus Reid poll, more British Columbians think the province is on the “wrong track” than the right one. And indeed, there’s good reason to be concerned about B.C.’s policy direction. ...

  7. Increasing the Minimum Wage in British Columbia: A Flawed Anti-Poverty Policy

    Main Conclusions As part of its effort to alleviate poverty, Premier John Horgan’s government plans on raising the minimum wage from $11.35 in 2018 to $15.20 per hour by 2021, a 34% increase over three years. But, raising the minimum wage is not an ...

  8. Demographics and Entrepreneurship blog series: Spurring entrepreneurship through capital gains tax reform

    As part of the blog series summarizing the Fraser Institute’s Demographics and Entrepreneurship essays, this post examines the effect of capital gains tax reform on entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship is critical for economies to grow, ...

  9. Morneau's Trans Mountain pipeline promise creates a dangerous precedent

    After weeks of anticipation, federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau (pictured above) today announced that—in light of the uncertainty over the $7.4 billion Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project—the federal government will compensate ...

  10. Scrap corporate welfare and restore Canada’s business tax advantage over the U.S.

    Appeared in the Financial Post, May 15, 2018 It’s been more than two months since Finance Minister Bill Morneau said he would study Canada’s crumbling business tax advantage—while cautioning against any “impulsive” measures in response to tax changes ...