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1. ’80s movie taps timeless entrepreneurial spirit

   Last night I watched Coppola’s 1988 movie Tucker: The Man and His Dream for the first time since high school. I remembered the film as the story of one of the great American entrepreneurial dreams and its demise at the hands of the ...

2. Fraser Institute invited to testify on 'taxes' before House of Commons finance committee

   This is the verbatim transcript of remarks made by Charles Lammam, the Fraser Institute's director of fiscal studies, to House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance—Bill C-2, on Thursday, April 14, 2016 Hello. Thank you ...

3. Federal budget 2016—four key questions

   As the new Liberal government tables its first budget later today, here are some crucial questions for Canadians to consider: 1) Are the budget assumptions sound? As with any budget, the first thing to establish is whether the government ...

4. Higher tax rates can lead to brain drain

   Canadian governments say they want to build a knowledge-based workforce, attracting and retaining highly skilled workers such as entrepreneurs, business professionals, engineers and doctors. Yet, with recent personal income tax rate ...

5. William Watson: The business of Canada depends on business

   U.S. President Calvin Coolidge said in 1925 that “The chief business of the American people is business,” a line often mis-quoted as “The business of America is business.” No Canadian prime minister has ever dared be so pro-business. ...

6. What are the top three business/economic issues federal parties should be addressing in the current federal campaign?

   Appeared in Business in Vancouver, September 29, 2015 With a relatively weak Canadian economy, depressed commodity prices and the myriad of international economic issues (i.e. uncertainty in China), federal parties should offer solutions to the economic ...

7. An Economic Assessment of the Investment Canada Act

   Foreign acquisitions of Canadian companies above a certain size are subject to review under the Investment Canada Act. For non-cultural businesses, would-be foreign acquirers must demonstrate that their acquisitions will result in net benefits to Canada ...

8. Capital gains tax reform may mitigate Canada’s damaging demographic trends

   Number of new start-ups per 100 incumbents, various size of firms, 2001-2012. Business startups and entrepreneurship drive productivity and economic growth. However, the rate of business startups in Canada is on the wane, falling 16.2 ...

9. The Decline Of The American Entrepreneur

   Appeared in Forbes The United States continues to suffer from a historically weak economic recovery. Monthly GDP and employment numbers remain near anemic. From a historical perspective the economy should be roaring by now given the pronounced contraction ...

10. Entrepreneurship, Demographics and Capital Gains Tax Reform in Canada

    A number of prominent Canadians, including Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz, have raised concerns about the state of business start-ups and entrepreneurship in Canada. There is no question that entrepreneurship is critical to a well-functioning, ...