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Chrystia Freeland's budget fails to address the biggest problem facing Canada — our declining standard of living You can save this article by...
'Critical tax theory' wants white people to pay more tax. Let's stick to these guides for tax policy: efficiency, simplicity and fairness You can save...
The provinces seem happy kicking their deficits down the road and Ottawa is already spending campaign-style. Sorry, kids and grandkids! You can save...
The PM has brought in new social programs, paid for with debt and taxes, but Canadian incomes are at West Virginian levels and declining You can save...
Freezing rates causes some insurers to leave and others to squeeze coverage and benefits I can understand why many hard-pressed consumers are worried...
Governments need to address why pension funds are shunning Canada and taking their investments elsewhere In the past few weeks, I have attended four...
With some form of energy transition likely coming, the province needs to ensure operational funding well past 2050 Alberta’s budget had lots of...
In 2021-22, Canada attracted only US$119 billion in foreign capital. Capital outflows were more than twice that amount The supposed “hollowing...
By making second homes unattractive to many potential owners, taxes on 'under-occupied' homes may actually reduce the overall supply The latest...
The most shameful aspect of the $59.5-million travesty was that lives were on the line If I have a serious health problem, like a chest pain, who do I...
Ottawa boasts about large recent inflows of capital but outflows are even bigger. If Canadians prefer to invest elsewhere, that's bad news According...
Forced shutdown of $10-billion mine signals to companies: invest in rule-of-law countries only Canada’s First Quantum Minerals, sixth largest copper...
Chrystia Freeland's new economy is fuelled by old-fashioned subsidies With Canadian GDP per capita dropping like a stone, what would you expect our...
Many factors affect productivity growth, not just the rate at which countries' businesses patent new products and processes Canada’s abysmal...
Axing the carbon tax does not necessarily mean axing rebates. Instead, it could lead to a restructuring of rebates to Canada’s advantage Following...
Governments are going to have to address sluggish productivity growth. Either that or get turfed at the polls Last week, I summed up 2023 as a year of...
2023 will be remembered as a bad economic year for Canada As 2023 comes to a close, three “Is” sum up Canada’s economic policy failures:...
Jyoti Gondek's popularity is plummeting over property tax hikes, menorah lighting debacle Calgary’s mayor, Jyoti Gondek, just had her worst month...
Squeeze the industry to please his party's green base or keep output, revenue and high-paying employment flowing? Talk at the latest climate-change...
We need big changes in road, transit, tax and housing policies to adapt to new realities Last week, I was in Edmonton. It is looking more like a...
With growth flat and interest payments ballooning there's no room for new spending unless deficits are cranked up again — a bad idea In her economic...
Canadians' real per capita incomes have stalled in the past five years, but that hasn't been the case in other rich countries Last week, I wrote about...
Output has been stagnant for five years now. Canada is 'as idle as a painted ship upon a painted ocean' One of my favourite poems is Samuel...
Economics says carbon taxes are the least-cost way of reducing emissions. Politics says they're on their way out People talk bravely about “peak oil...
In the 1930s and 1940s, Europe's Jews were unable to push back against murderous antisemitism. That's no longer the case A simple but powerful...
When you look at how much more the province has put into the Canada Pension Plan than its counterparts, it makes sense I wasn’t going to write...
If governments would simply get out of the way, chances are the market would settle down quickly Ronald Reagan had it right: the nine most terrifying...
The Trudeau government could try reducing tensions rather than stoking them, if it wants to avoid fracturing national programs On Thursday the...
The premier says interest rates are squeezing British Columbians, but so are his tax increases B.C. Premier David Eby, concerned about the cost of...