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  1. B.C. throne speech latest hint that government set to abandon fiscal prudence

    Premier John Horgan’s NDP government campaigned on balanced budgets. ...

  2. Call a spade a spade—CPP payroll tax is a tax

    Our recent study found that virtually all Canadian families with children will soon pay higher taxes due to federal income tax changes already in place and forthcoming increases to the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) payroll tax. If the ...

  3. Reality undercuts Trudeau government’s tax-cutting claim

    There’s no doubt that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is being asked some tough questions on his current cross-country town hall tour. But a recent study on taxation raises yet another critical question for the prime minister. For a ...

  4. Top earners in Canada pay a disproportionate share of Canada’s tax burden

    There’s a misperception in Canada that top earners generally do not pay their “fair share” of the tax burden. Rhetoric from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government helps fuel this misperception, which is used to justify even higher ...

  5. Outlaw the taxes, not the tax escalators

    I hardly ever disagree with the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, which in its 27-year existence has been a clarion for fiscal sanity. But every once in a while my economist’s training makes me take issue with their single-minded dedication ...

  6. Canada must increase business investment

    As 2018 begins, much of the discussion on the economic challenges facing Canada will focus on the continuing negotiations with the United States regarding NAFTA and the impact of U.S. corporate and personal tax changes on our tax ...

  7. Ten year-end facts Canadians need to know

    As we end 2017, here are 10 year-end facts Canadians should understand and consider as we enter 2018: • The total tax bill for the average Canadian family will exceed $35,000 in 2017, or 42.5 per cent of their income—more than what the ...

  8. Trudeau government tax policies puzzling in light of finance minister’s admission

    In a recent year-end press scrum, Finance Minister Bill Morneau (pictured above, right) said something unexpectedly telling. Although it did not receive widespread attention, Morneau all but admitted that raising tax rates changes the ...

  9. GST revenues from carbon-pricing—likely another tax grab

    This week, as Canadians were sliding into their holiday mindset, the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) released a report estimating the GST revenues collected by the federal government through existing carbon-pricing schemes in four ...

  10. How can people so smart understand economics so little?

    Everybody complains about the pace of change these days, but most people seem to adapt pretty well. One way things are different now is podcasts. They’re the medium of choice for more and more people while driving, exercising or, in my ...