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Ottawa’s stifling policies will test optimism of Canadian CEOs
By Niels Veldhuis | June 4, 2024
Federal government’s ‘fudget budget’ relies on fanciful assumptions of productivity growth
By Niels Veldhuis, Jake Fuss | April 23, 2024
Stephen T. Easton, economics professor, Fraser Institute senior fellow, mentor
By Niels Veldhuis | March 22, 2024
B.C. government should properly consult British Columbians about changes to Land Act
By Jason Clemens, Niels Veldhuis | February 20, 2024
B.C. government’s land use plan would severely damage province’s investment climate
By Niels Veldhuis, Jason Clemens | February 8, 2024
B.C. government’s plan to co-manage public land with First Nations will close province for business
By Niels Veldhuis, Jason Clemens | January 31, 2024
24 facts for 2024—Canadians should understand impact of government policies
By Niels Veldhuis | January 15, 2024
Canadians pay high price when governments lose common sense
By Jason Clemens, Niels Veldhuis | August 8, 2023
Cabinet shuffle won’t improve Canada’s weak economic performance
By Niels Veldhuis, Milagros Palacios | July 27, 2023
Tide may be turning towards greater economic freedom
By Niels Veldhuis | September 28, 2022
Here’s how Premier Ford can make hard work pay off in Ontario
By Jake Fuss, Niels Veldhuis | July 6, 2022
Canadians suffering from Ottawa’s ‘fairy dust’ approach
By Jason Clemens, Niels Veldhuis | May 18, 2022
It’s reasonable to call Trudeau a modern-day socialist
By Jason Clemens, Niels Veldhuis | April 13, 2022
Like father like son—and Canadians will pay the price
By Jason Clemens, Niels Veldhuis | March 28, 2022
Rules of the game matter, even in politics
By Jason Clemens, Niels Veldhuis | March 15, 2022
Emergencies Act another blow to Canada's international reputation
By Niels Veldhuis, Jason Clemens | February 18, 2022
Business needs to focus on business
By Jason Clemens, Steven Globerman, Niels Veldhuis | February 2, 2022
Stakeholder capitalism and ESG—the road to socialism
By Niels Veldhuis, Jason Clemens | January 21, 2022
Single-rate personal income tax critical to restoring Alberta Advantage
By Tegan Hill, Niels Veldhuis | January 19, 2022
Year-end facts about the federal government’s performance in 2021
By Niels Veldhuis | December 31, 2021
Trudeau government ignores dreary economic numbers
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios, Niels Veldhuis | December 9, 2021
Alberta’s ‘yes’ vote on equalization only first step to fix larger broken system
By Tegan Hill, Niels Veldhuis | November 3, 2021
Central planning by business is still central planning
By Jason Clemens, Niels Veldhuis | October 28, 2021
Alberta’s upcoming referendum bigger than equalization
By Tegan Hill, Niels Veldhuis | October 12, 2021
Canada needs more paycheque writers
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios, Niels Veldhuis | October 1, 2021
The real election losers—balance sheet, health care, federalism
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios, Niels Veldhuis | September 28, 2021
Canada slipping in terms of economic freedom
By Niels Veldhuis, Fred McMahon | September 22, 2021
Trudeau policies have hurt economic growth
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios, Niels Veldhuis | July 22, 2021
Trudeau rhetoric can’t change Canada’s fiscal reality
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios, Niels Veldhuis | July 15, 2021
Freeland doubles down despite dismal pre-COVID economic numbers
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios, Niels Veldhuis | June 18, 2021
Federal government’s OAS increase typifies bad policy
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios, Niels Veldhuis | May 6, 2021
B.C. government imposes travel restrictions while COVID numbers fall
By Niels Veldhuis | April 30, 2021
Trudeau government fuels economic uncertainty
By Jason Clemens, Niels Veldhuis | April 29, 2021
Trudeau vs. Biden—transparency and budget honesty
By Jason Clemens, Niels Veldhuis | April 15, 2021
No PST—Alberta government has a spending problem, not a revenue problem
By Niels Veldhuis, Tegan Hill | March 11, 2021
Scoring the economic performance of Canada’s last five prime ministers
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios, Niels Veldhuis | February 26, 2021
Trudeau’s pre-recession period marked by weak economic numbers
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios, Niels Veldhuis | February 16, 2021
Comparing pre-recession economic performance—Chrétien vs. Trudeau
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios, Niels Veldhuis | February 11, 2021
Rhetoric vs. reality—the Trudeau government’s dismal record on business investment
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios, Niels Veldhuis | February 11, 2021
Comparing Economic Performance in Five Pre-Recession Periods
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios, Niels Veldhuis | February 11, 2021
Fraser Institute ranked 14th best think tank in the world; recognized as an international Centre of Excellence
By Niels Veldhuis | February 2, 2021
Focus on economic growth and the Millennials will be alright
By Niels Veldhuis, Jason Clemens | October 28, 2020
Trudeau government must improve investment climate to ‘build back better’
By Niels Veldhuis, Milagros Palacios | September 29, 2020
Expanding government won’t help Canada’s recovery
By Jason Clemens, Niels Veldhuis | August 28, 2020
Federal Government Wasting Billions on Poorly Targeted Assistance
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios, Nathaniel Li, Niels Veldhuis | August 27, 2020
Memo to Finance Minister Freeland—we have an investment crisis in Canada
By Niels Veldhuis, Milagros Palacios | August 19, 2020
History is clear—the Trudeau government needs to change direction
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios, Niels Veldhuis | July 31, 2020
Blog series part 2—Incomes, overall income economy grew more slowly under Liberals than before 2008-09 recession
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios, Niels Veldhuis | July 24, 2020
Blog series part 1—Trudeau government produced string of deficits, raised taxes on middle class
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios, Niels Veldhuis | July 23, 2020
Trudeau government’s fiscal ‘snapshot’ doubles down on uncertainty
By Niels Veldhuis, Milagros Palacios | July 10, 2020