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  1. Dear Premier Ford, please look forward—not back

    Appeared in Maclean's, September 26, 2018 This week, Ontario Premier Doug Ford created a committee to investigate the previous Liberal government’s handling of provincial finances including its accounting methods. Premier Ford compared Liberal ...

  2. Ontario’s $15 billion deficit underscores need for swift bold action

    Appeared in the Ottawa Sun, September 25, 2018 Last week the Ford government reported on the state of Ontario’s finances. Turns out, when proper accounting methods are applied and up-to-date economic projections used, Ontario’s deficit is larger than ...

  3. Ontario has a $15 billion deficit—not the $6.7 billion claimed by the previous government

    The Ontario government’s review of provincial finances is finally out, and the picture is even grimmer than what the auditor general and the Financial Accountability Office have presented. The key findings confirm that Ontario since 1990 ...

  4. Canada must grow denser and more populated

    Appeared in the Hamilton Spectator, September 1, 2018 Former prime minister Mackenzie King once quipped, “If some countries have too much history, we have too much geography,” and this has always been evidenced in Canada’s low national population density ...

  5. Why demographics are Doug Ford’s greatest challenge

    Ontario’s population is aging. The Spring 2018 Ontario Population Projections Update from the Ministry of Finance forecasts population and age structure for the province and its 49 census divisions, and presents some sobering numbers for ...

  6. How to resolve Canada's trade quagmire in the age of Trump

    Appeared in the Thunder Bay Chronicle-Journal, August 22, 2018 The NAFTA negotiations continue to roller-coaster. The Trump administration is now in senior level one-on-one NAFTA talks with Mexico, while President Trump threatens Canada with new auto ...

  7. Restoring Ontario's Public Finances

    Ontario’s public finances have deteriorated over the last few decades as chronic deficits have led to mounting public debt. Nevertheless, the situation can be repaired—and relatively more quickly than might be imagined. Restoring Ontario’s Public Finances ...

  8. Foisting 19th century trade policy on our modern world is simply wrong

    Anyone trying to understand or explain the Trump administration’s international trade policy is often forced to conclude that his focus on trade deficits and domestic production is really an expression of mercantilism—a trade philosophy ...

  9. Austerity—not increased spending—helped lay the groundwork for Portugal’s recovery

    Portugal’s economy has been doing rather well lately and its performance is being taken as a repudiation of the austerity measures of many EU countries in the wake of the Great Recession. A recent piece in the New York Times noted how in ...

  10. How to start cleaning up Ontario's finances—fast

    Appeared in the National Post, July 25, 2018 As Ontario’s new government takes charge, public attention has focused on the moves made on education and the management of Hydro One. However, the most important task remains outstanding—dealing with the ...