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1. Tax reform should play crucial role in COVID recovery

   Canada has the seventh-highest top combined personal income tax rate in the OECD. ...

2. Trudeau government must create friendlier investment climate to spur COVID recovery

   Appeared in the Winnipeg Free Press, February 8, 2021 In advance of the Trudeau government’s upcoming federal budget, the economic recovery from the COVID recession remains the top priority. Crucially, even before the pandemic, Canada was struggling to ...

3. Federal and provincial government debt mounting quickly in Canada

   Due to persistent budget deficits in the decade following the 2008 recession and, more recently, the economic effects of COVID-19, government debt is rising rapidly across Canada. Hence, as budget season looms, it’s especially important ...

4. Achieving the Four-Day Work Week: Part 4 Essays

   The structure and rates of taxation are important in any discussion of productivity in Canada because the various types of taxes, as well as tax rates, affect economic behavior in different ways. Three prominent types of taxes in Canada are business taxes ...

5. The Growing Debt Burden for Canadians: 2021 Edition

   Budget deficits and increasing debt have become serious fiscal challenges facing the federal and many provincial governments recently. Since 2007/08, combined federal and provincial net debt (inflation-adjusted) has doubled from $1.0 trillion to a ...

6. To fulfill Trudeau’s latest fiscal promise, spring budget must chart path to budget balance

   Prime Minister Trudeau’s end-of-year comments, where he committed to “absolutely” returning to a balanced budget post-COVID, will continue to ring hollow unless the spring budget includes decisive action. The pre-Christmas statement to ...

7. Ontario’s new finance minister must recognize the importance of budget balance

   Appeared in National Newswatch, January 14, 2021 With the resignation of Rod Phillips, Ontario’s incoming finance minister Peter Bethlenfalvy inherits a difficult job. The province’s fiscal challenges long pre-date the global pandemic. Queen’s Park has ...

8. Trudeau government must chart credible plan to balance federal budget

   Appeared in the Ottawa Sun, January 13, 2021 In the late stages of 2020, Prime Minister Trudeau committed to “absolutely” balance the federal budget—at some point in the future. Of course, a balanced budget would halt the debt accumulation that started ...

9. Charitable giving on the wane in Newfoundland and Labrador

   Appeared in the St. John's Telegram, January 4, 2021 This holiday season, many Newfoundlanders and Labradorians spent their time and money giving back to charitable causes. In fact, every year, tens of thousands of residents in the province donate to ...

10. Charitable giving on the wane in New Brunswick

    This holiday season, many New Brunswickers will spend their time and money giving back to charitable causes. In fact, every year, tens of thousands of residents in the province donate to charities. However, according to a new study by ...