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  1. Chrétien Consensus begins in Saskatchewan under the NDP

    This is the first of several blog posts based on the recently released book the End of the Chrétien Consensus?, which chronicles the emergence and success of the policies of this era as well as the move away from these policies over the ...

  2. Federal government’s infrastructure plan unlikely to spur economic growth

    Appeared in the Financial Post, March 8, 2017 In their campaigning, and since coming into power, the Trudeau Liberals have talked a lot about wanting to grow the economy to better serve Canada’s middle class. And they have pinned their economic hopes ...

  3. Infrastructure spending in Canada—myths and reality

    Appeared in the Winnipeg Sun, March 3, 2017 In the coming weeks, the Trudeau government and several provincial governments will release budgets that will include plans to collectively spend hundreds of billions of dollars on infrastructure over the coming ...

  4. Myths of Infrastructure Spending in Canada

    As the federal government and several provincial governments plan on collectively spending hundreds of billions of dollars over the coming decade on infrastructure, this report dispels five common myths used to argue for why now is a good time to ramp up ...

  5. Latest subsidy to Bombardier a reminder of the many problems with corporate welfare

    The federal government’s recent announcement that it will provide Bombardier, a Canadian aerospace company, with interest-free loans totalling $372.5 million is a piercing reminder of the problems with targeted business subsidies. For ...

  6. A Federal Fiscal History: Canada, 1867-2017

    The Canadian federation’s 150th anniversary is an important milestone for a country that has become one of the most successful countries in the world. Canada’s economic evolution from a rural agricultural nation to a modern, highly urbanized, service ...

  7. Spreading the Economic Freedom Message

    Appeared in Fraser Insight, January 2017 Economic freedom is one of the main drivers of prosperity, as the Fraser Institute’s Economic Freedom of North America index (EFNA) has illustrated—and hundreds of independent studies have confirmed. For a dozen ...

  8. Control government spending in Canada by aligning public-sector pay with the private sector

    Appeared in the Financial Post, December 9, 2016 Seven years after the 2008-09 recession, the federal and many provincial governments continue to struggle with deficits, spending more than the revenues they collect and digging deeper into debt. All told, ...

  9. During the oil boom, Texas spent prudently, Alberta did not

    The oil boom between 2004 and 2014 presented a substantial opportunity for governments in oil-producing regions to bolster their public finances. Unfortunately, while some jurisdictions such as Texas did just that, Alberta did the ...

  10. Ottawa’s fiscal plan not really about growth-maximizing infrastructure

    Appeared in the Toronto Sun, November 13, 2016 Since coming into power, the federal Liberals have said they would pursue deficit spending to make investments that will drive Canada’s long-term economic growth. As Finance Minister Bill Morneau recently put ...