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1. Worker Choice for British Columbians: Gaining an Advantage

   Appeared in the Vancouver Sun   As labour and capital have become more and more mobile, jurisdictional competitiveness is becoming more important in securing and maintaining economic prosperity. A minimum requirement is to have taxes, regulations, and ...

2. Should Right-to-Work Come to Canada?

   Appeared in the Financial Post Prior to 2012, the momentum and even interest in so-called Right-to-Work (RTW) laws, or what are more accurately referred to as Worker Choice laws was non-existent. Very little reform had happened for over a decade despite ...

3. Living Wages decrease employment and increase property taxes

   Appeared in the Terrace Standard Terrace city council recently shelved a proposal to implement a living wage policy. Terrace taxpayers should hope it stays shelved. A living wage is a minimum hourly wage that is supposed to be pegged to the level at which ...

4. We need an adult conversation on public sector compensation

   Appeared in the Huffington Post With governments collectively racking up almost $46 billion in deficits last year and continuing to struggle with health care costs as the population ages, both governments and citizens are concerned that tax dollars are ...

5. The compensation gap; why it pays to be a government worker in BC

   Appeared in the Business Examiner More than three years after the end of the recession and British Columbia’s provincial government continues to struggle with deficits, which as of the last quarterly update will likely exceed $1.5 billion. Relying on ...

6. Why it pays to be a government worker in Ontario

   Appeared in the Guelph Mercury and Waterloo Region Record More than three years after the end of the recession and Ontario’s provincial government continues to struggle with deficits, which as of the last quarterly update, will likely reach a staggering ...

7. The compensation gap; why it pays to be a government worker in Alberta

   Appeared in the Calgary Sun and Edmonton Sun More than three years after the end of the recession and Alberta’s provincial government continues to struggle with deficits, which as of the last quarterly update could reach $3 billion. Relying on revenues to ...

8. Getting past the labour-business tango: think about consumers

   Appeared in the Calgary Herald, Guelph Mercury, Okanagan Sunday, Vancouver Sun, and Trail Daily Times Around Labour Day, a plethora of news stories focus on the state of unions, and often, their interaction with business. Given the name of the holiday, ...

9. BC Family Day will cost BC families

   Appeared in Business in Vancouver As we approach what would have been the 100th birthday of Nobel Prize winning economist Milton Friedman, I am reminded of his common sense thinking. “There is no such thing as a free lunch,” he once famously remarked.  ...

10. Employment Insurance needs to operate like a true insurance system

    Appeared in the Fredericton Daily Gleaner Imagine a world where your car insurance company charges everybody the same premium; the premium doesn’t depend on your driving record or the number of claims you make. Nor does the premium depend on your age or ...