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  1. Nearly half of Ontario urban areas had fewer jobs last year than in 2008

    It's widely known that Ontario has suffered more than its fair share of economic pain over the past decade. That pain, however, has not been spread evenly across the province. While the provincial economy’s overall performance has ...

  2. Minimum wage hikes—negative effects may hit lower-wage regions of Ontario particularly hard

    Between now and 2019, Ontario will increase its minimum wage to $15 per hour. In total, this will be an increase of more than 30 per cent in less than a year-and-a-half. Canadian evidence consistently shows that higher minimum wages tend ...

  3. Wynne government embarks on spending spree despite looming economic storm clouds

    Ontario’s economy is on a bit of a roll lately, with unemployment rates at the lowest they have been in some time and real GDP growing. While Canada’s real GDP was up 1.4 per cent in 2016, Ontario’s was up 2.6 per cent—the second-fastest ...

  4. How healthy is Ontario’s economy—outside of Toronto?

    Appeared in the Ottawa Sun, November 8, 2017 Earlier this week, the Government of Ontario put out a news release touting Ontario’s job-creation numbers. According to the release, province has enjoyed positive net job creation for the past four months. It ...

  5. Upcoming minimum wage hikes threaten younger and less-skilled Ontarians

    In January, Ontario’s minimum wage will increase to $14 an hour, up from $11.60 today. In January 2019, the wage floor will increase by another dollar to $15 per hour. There are good reasons to worry that such a rapid increase in the ...

  6. Uneven Recovery: Much of Ontario Still Hasn't Fully Recovered from the 2008 Recession

    In recent history, Ontario has suffered more than its share of economic pain. From 2003 to 2015, real per-person economic growth in Ontario was roughly half of the rate in the rest of the country at 0.5 percent annually. Thanks to a steep recession and a ...

  7. Despite brisk economic growth, Ontario continues to rack-up debt

    Appeared in the Ottawa Sun, November 1, 2017 After a lengthy period of sluggish growth, Ontario’s economy has finally started to pick up steam. Which is good news for Ontario. And good news for Canada. Ontario represents about 40 per cent of the national ...

  8. In Ontario, obstacles to growth remain

    Appeared in the Toronto Sun, September 27, 2017 The Toronto Sun recently published a column by Omar Khan, former senior staffer for several Ontario Liberal cabinet ministers. Mr. Khan defends the record of Premier Kathleen Wynne, rejecting the notion he ...

  9. Ontario sued over power prices

    In a recent article in the National Post, reporter Geoff Zochodne discusses another interesting twist in the Ontario power-price saga. Zochodne explores the recent lawsuits filed against Ontario’s minister of the attorney general, ...

  10. With a $15 minimum wage, Ontario enters dangerous and uncharted waters

    Appeared in the Toronto Sun, September 20, 2017 Premier Wynne’s government plans to increase Ontario’s minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2019—a remarkable 32 per cent increase in just 18 months. Unfortunately, this policy will make it harder for Ontario’s ...