Trudeau's Canada - Low achievement, high self-esteem: Philip Cross in the Financial Post
We feel very good about ourselves — but for no apparent reason, writes Philip Cross in the Financial Post. Below is an excerpt...
Justin Trudeau just doesn't get liberalism: Kaveh Shahrooz in the National Post
Contrary to what Trudeau seems to believe, our free speech laws are drafted not to prevent hurt feelings, or impose respect. They exist...
Trump’s beggar-thy-neighbour trade strategy is anything but foolish: Leuprecht and Bradbury in the Globe
Along with the EU and China, Canada is falling right into Mr. Trump’s bilateral trade-negotiation trap, write Christian Leuprecht and Roger Bradbury. By Christian Leuprecht...
With Trans Mountain, the Liberals will suffer the 'social licence' whirlwind they've sowed: Brian Lee Crowley in The Financial Post
The Liberals have enacted new regulatory burdens and standards, carbon taxes and emissions caps for the oilsands in exchange for the environmental vote,...
The opportunities for Aboriginal prosperity in Canada are many: Coates and Paul in Toronto Sun
The Trudeau government has cleared the way for innovative approaches to Indigenous policy-making. Now it’s time to step aside and allow autonomy, business...
Inside Policy, March 2018: Canada and Trade: Can we live without NAFTA?
OTTAWA, ON (March 26, 2018): MLI’s 2018 Canada-US dinner was a tremendous success. It could not have been timelier, given that so...
What's the best model for fiscal reform? Speer in Inside Policy
Any government aiming to enact fiscal reform is predictably focused on a basic question: How can it achieve meaningful and durable fiscal savings...
Running deficits in the Liberals’ playbooks: Speer in the Province
Rarely, if ever, was deficit spending viewed as an end in itself, writes Speer in the Province. By Sean Speer, March 20, 2018...
What's the source of the federal deficit?: Speer for Inside Policy
A post-budget debate has ensued about the source of Ottawa’s deficits, writes Sean Speer for Inside Policy. By Sean Speer, March 6, 2018...
We need a more focused debate on how government can better manage fiscal risks: Speer in the Telegraph-Journal
Regarding last week's federal budget, readers will hear plenty about revenue and spending growth, debt-to-GDP ratios, and other metrics and measurements used to argue...
