May 1, 2012 – In the Financial Post today, MLI’s Jason Clemens discusses income inequality and mobility on International Workers’ Day. Clemens says, “Simplistically presenting the data to support pre-existing preferences for more taxes and redistribution would likely impede the very mobility that is so critical to overcoming low income.” This column is based on ...
April 30, 2012 – In the Toronto Star today, Business Reporter Dana Flavelle discusses MLI’s recent report on income inequality. According to author Jason Clemens, director of research at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, the “causes of income inequality in Canada are more complex than they first appear and so are the solutions.” Clemens says, ”Transferring the wealth through ...
April 27, 2012 – In today’s Globe and Mail, MLI’s Brian Lee Crowley and Jason Langrish, executive director of the Canada Europe Roundtable for Business, say we need a bold trade agenda. ”Around the world, the value of trade rises faster than national economies grow, meaning that trade openness is an indispensable tool. We have a ...
April 26, 2012 – In today’s Globe and Mail, Reporter Jeremy Torobin writes about the Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s recently released paper by world-renowned economist Paul Romer and co-author Brandon Fuller, Success and the City: How charter cities could transform the developing world. Torobin writes, “In an intriguing paper for the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, Prof. Romer and NYU ...
April 26, 2012 – In today’s Vancouver Sun, MLI’s Jason Clemens writes about the important lessons Canada and in particular British Columbia should learn from California’s tragic experience. The full column below: Avoiding the California nightmare in B.C. By Jason Clemens, Vancouver Sun, April 26, 2012 There was a time, not so long ago, when California was ...
April 25, 2012 – The Macdonald-Laurier Institute is proud to announce the publication of a study by world renowned economist Paul Romer and co-author Brandon Fuller examining an innovative approach to economic development in developing countries and Canada’s potential leadership role. An op-ed based on the study by Mr. Romer and the chief of staff to the President of ...
April 23, 2012 – In a new column for iPolitics, MLI’s Jason Clemens discusses tax fairness and the reality of the current tax distribution. Full column below: An incomplete picture of tax fairness By Jason Clemens, iPolitics, April 23, 2012 The Ontario NDP’s proposal for a new tax on those earning more than $500,000 ...
April 21, 2012 – In his latest column for the Ottawa Citizen, MLI’s Brian Lee Crowley tackles the question: Is the Buffett Rule a good idea? According to Crowley, “If we as a society want more risk-taking, more investment, and more tax revenues those activities generate, then we are smart to use the tax system ...
April 20, 2012 – MLI’s Brian Lee Crowley is quoted in a CBC News article today on the economics of oil refining. Here is what he has to say: Brian Lee Crowley of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute agrees that the economics of refining are tricky. “Anything below 200,000 barrels per day isn’t economical anymore,” he notes. ...
April 17, 2012 – MLI’s Commentary, Widening Competition in North American Freight Transport: The Impact of Cabotage, is highlighted in an iPolitics column today. The Commentary, by Stephen Blank and Barry Prentice, argues that North America’s integrated economies are being held back from reaping the full benefits of NAFTA because of restrictions on trade in transportation services. “Despite ...
