Reading Time: 3 minutes There’s no better way to waste public funds than to have programs where everyone is spending everyone else’s money
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.
Busting the minimum wage myth
Reading Time: 3 minutes An overwhelming number of studies show that raising the minimum wage actually eliminates employment opportunities
What protects workers from being exploited by business?
Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s not a too-generous minimum wage. It’s the desire of other employers to hire workers whose value is beyond their current pay
The green agenda comes at a high cost for Canadians
Reading Time: 3 minutes Government green programs impose costs on third parties. Consumers and taxpayers must pay for those policies, and the environment actually suffers
Canada’s economic dilemma: resource rich, investment poor
Reading Time: 4 minutes Across the country, governments seem intent on discouraging investment, and that hurts job creation, productivity and wage growth
Fed’s Clean Fuel Standards will kill jobs: Just look at Ontario
Reading Time: 3 minutes The soon to-be-announced clean fuel regulations are just the latest example of politicians catering to climate activists
Ontario, Alberta carbon tax schemes defy economic common sense
Reading Time: 3 minutes Carbon taxes should replace, not add to, existing environmental regulations and subsidies
Uber, open skies, free markets mean better energy efficiency
Reading Time: 3 minutes Open markets and free trade help consumers economize on energy consumption while reducing CO2 emissions
Minimum wage prices low-skilled workers out of a job
Reading Time: 3 minutes Governments should abolish the fruitless minimum wage if they want to do right by young and low-income persons