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  1. Freeman offers subjective opinion about tax facts—in fact, most stuff isn’t ‘free’

    The Fraser Institute’s Tax Freedom Day and Canadian Consumer Tax Index reveal how much the average Canadian family pays in taxes each year, how the tax bill compares to their incomes and how that share might have changed over time. This ...

  2. Scheer moves closer to Trudeau, further way from sound fiscal policy

    Appeared in the Ottawa Citizen, June 17, 2019 The upcoming federal election may be one of the more contentious in recent history. And given how important sound fiscal policy is to a healthy economy, government finances should be a central issue. ...

  3. Both Trudeau and Harper increased size of federal government

    Appeared in the Moncton Times & Transcript, June 10, 2019 As the fall federal election approaches, political commentators bombard Canadians with sometimes misleading rhetoric. Such rhetoric undermines the public’s understanding of good policy, and on ...

  4. Alberta still keeps federal finances afloat

    Alberta’s major contributions to federal finances during the recent energy boom are well known, though the magnitude may not quite be understood. For example, during the 2014/15 fiscal year, Albertans paid more than $27 billion more in ...

  5. Mr. Prime Minister, the good times won’t last forever

    Appeared in the National Newswatch, May 27, 2019 Throughout its mandate, rather than acting to reduce the federal budget deficit, the Trudeau government has made “investments” in the form of more and more spending. Of course, this plan relies on a wave of ...

  6. Even in a weakened state, Alberta still props up federal finances

    Appeared in the Edmonton Journal, May 21, 2019 Albertans have endured more than their share of economic pain over the past several years. The province is still emerging from one of the worst recessions in its history and the recovery has been tepid and ...

  7. Prime Minister Trudeau cements his ‘debt’ legacy

    Appeared in the Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal, April 29, 2019 With this year’s federal budget, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau firmly established his fiscal legacy. No Canadian prime minister has spent more money (per person, inflation-adjusted) or ...

  8. Trudeau government's 2019 budget full of puzzling contradictions

    Appeared in the Moncton Times & Transcript, April 2, 2019 Several commentators have noted the “thrown together” nature of the 2019 federal budget released last month. One of the outcomes, of what seems to be several ill-considered initiatives, is that ...

  9. Budget 2019 underscores Trudeau government’s economic delusion

    Appeared in the Vancouver Province, March 27, 2019 Over the past three-and-half years, this federal government has continued to claim that its fiscal policies have spurred economic growth. Last week’s federal budget continued that trend. The reality, ...

  10. Size of government matters

    In one way or another every public policy debate ultimately comes down to a decision between whether resources are best kept by the workers, entrepreneurs and businesses that create them versus government extracting resources through ...