Reading Time: 3 minutes When it comes to how and how much workers should save for retirement, the federal government doesn’t know better than Canadians themselves
Author: Matthew Lau
Matthew Lau is a writer in Toronto. His interests are in economic principles and fiscal issues, and he has written for the Financial Post, the Fraser Institute, and the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies. Matthew holds a Bachelor of Commerce, with a specialization in finance and economics, from the University of Toronto.
Alberta has much to teach Ontario on budgeting
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Alberta government has not only set out a better direction on program spending, it also has a better plan on taxes
Throwing government money at all the wrong things
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Ontario government continually makes corporate welfare payments that fly in the face of social policy
Corporate welfare doesn’t create jobs
Reading Time: 3 minutes Corporate welfare causes an economic loss, exacerbated by the fact that it encourages businesses to devote resources seeking government funds
On Labour Day, celebrate labour, not unions
Reading Time: 3 minutes Unions harm workers more than they help. And they seek a bigger slice of the economic pie, even while shrinking the pie through productivity loss
Why Milton Friedman’s ideas still resonate
Reading Time: 3 minutes Too much government control means society is less free and less prosperous than it could be
Alberta workplace legislation actually harming workers
Reading Time: 3 minutes Labour regulations granting mandatory benefits simply make workers pay, through reduced wages, for those benefits
Markets, lower taxes will ease health-care queues
Reading Time: 3 minutes The fundamental problem causing Canada’s health-care scarcity is a lack of private spending
Alberta’s minimum wage cut for teens should just be the start
Reading Time: 3 minutes As workers get older and become eligible for more pay, they often lose their jobs. That means the overall wage floor is too high
How high taxes create crime and hurt society
Reading Time: 3 minutes Excessive taxes that encourage smuggling and black market activity are a significant policy issue in Canada