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  1. Canada's competitiveness problems go beyond carbon tax

    Appeared in the Edmonton Sun, August 17, 2018 The federal government’s recent move to ease its carbon tax regime for big emitters is promising—the government is finally acknowledging Canada’s competiveness problem. However, these recent changes are not ...

  2. Ontarians must consider real health-care reform

    Appeared in the Toronto Sun, May 13, 2018 Ontarians are less than a month away from choosing their next provincial government and polls suggest the province is looking for change with both the PCs and NDP leading the governing Liberals. Unfortunately none ...

  3. The finance minister said what? Part 2

    Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau (pictured above) recently appeared on BNN Bloomberg and made a number of incredibly worrying statements indicating that he (and the federal government) are either wholly misunderstanding the ...

  4. The finance minister said what?

    Coming out of an emergency cabinet meeting earlier this week, ostensibly called to deal with the watershed announcement that Kinder Morgan was halting all “non-essential” spending on its Trans Mountain pipeline despite regulatory and ...

  5. Confidence and investment collapsing in Canada—Trans Mountain is just the latest example

    Appeared in Maclean's, April 10, 2018 Contrary to the announcement that Ottawa will spend almost $300,000 to discern the reason behind the lack of investment in Canada’s energy sector, there’s actually no great mystery. Kinder Morgan’s recent ...

  6. Understanding the significance of the Kinder Morgan decision to suspend the Trans Mountain pipeline

    The decision by Kinder Morgan to suspend all non-essential spending on its Trans Mountain pipeline despite regulatory approval is yet another sign of the significant problems in Canada’s energy sector and indeed our broader economy. Fraser Institute ...

  7. B.C. LNG breakthrough—a flicker of hope in Canada’s gloomy energy climate

    Appeared in the Vancouver Sun, March 22, 2018 The government of British Columbia announced this week it will provide a large tax incentive to promote the building of a natural gas liquefaction and export facility in Kitimat. The announcement is a bright ...

  8. The last straw for entrepreneurs and businesses in Canada?

    Appeared in the Vancouver Sun, March 17, 2018 The idiom “the straw that broke the camel’s back” describes a minor or routine action that causes a large and sudden reaction because of the cumulative effects of many small actions over time. This might well ...

  9. Trump reforms lay bare Canadian policy missteps

    Prime Minister Trudeau has stated unequivocally that he won’t reduce Canadian taxes to remain competitive. ...

  10. Fraser Institute ranked top think-tank in Canada for the 10th year in a row, 11th best independent think-tank worldwide

    The Fraser Institute is the top think-tank in Canada for the tenth straight year and ranks in the top 25 among all think-tanks worldwide, according to the 2017 Global Go To Think Tank Index published by the University of Pennsylvania and released recently ...