Reading Time: 3 minutes Government intervention becomes necessary when goods and services are made too expensive as a result of wage hikes
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 no longer respects its taxpayers
Reading Time: 3 minutes Two decades of aggressive tax increases and wrongheaded system reforms have left the province’s finances in a shambles
Gender pay gap has little to do with discrimination
Reading Time: 3 minutes Discrepancies are more often the result of different life choices men and women make, on and off the job
Why economists can’t endorse minimum wage hikes
Reading Time: 3 minutes Economists believe that raising the price of low-skilled labour just eliminates many of those jobs
What Ontario should cut to balance its budget
Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s time to end business subsidies, further cut post-secondary spending and freeze government workers’ wages
CPP contribution hikes penalize workers, dampen the economy
Reading Time: 3 minutes When the government makes employment more expensive, the sure result is fewer jobs
B.C.’s ride-sharing red tape hurts consumers
Reading Time: 3 minutes The government is trampling on the rights of ride-sharing businesses and their potential customers
There is no compelling conservative case for carbon taxes
Reading Time: 3 minutes Carbon taxes discourage productive economic activity while rebate cheques do nothing to counteract this negative effect
Economic growth and innovation crucial to fighting poverty
Reading Time: 3 minutes Raising taxes to fund spending on the poor discourages wealth creation and productive work effort, shrinking the economic pie
New Brunswick’s ban on fracking must be overturned
Reading Time: 3 minutes Investment makes workers more productive, creates better jobs and drives income growth. Fracking offers a simple, safe solution