In the second of my two part series of columns in defence of balanced budgets I respond to my critics on the Globe comments page. They were incensed by my…
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In the first part of a two part series of my columns for the ROB’s Economy Lab feature in the Globe and Mail I take the Liberals to task for…
Regular readers of this site and blog will know that I am a ferocious opponent of the idea that Canada should be vulnerable to being broken up by a vote…
In my early November column for the PostMedia papers (including the Calgary Herald and the Ottawa Citizen) I talk about the Liberals’ deep commitment to the ideal of free trade,…
Genetically-modified foods are increasingly recognised as one of the indispensable tools in the world’s fight against starvation in the face of poplation growth that once again is outstripping food production….
For my October 16th ROB column in the Globe and Mail I wrote about why Canadians in particular need a productivity revolution, where we are most likely to find it,…
In my Economy Lab column for the October 2nd edition of the Globe and Mail’s ROB I vent my ire on VW for their cheating scandal over diesel engines. After…
For the longest time Canada’s O&G industry reaped the benefits of having privileged access to the US market, serving regions that found it difficult or costly to bring in oil…
“Stimulus” is one of those words thrown around with gay abandon by politicians, especially dutring election campaigns, thinking they know what it means. In my column for the 18 September…
At the exact moment where Canada is risking its spot at the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations in a quixotic effort to buttress supply management, the EU, that bastion of neo-liberalism, is…