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Feb 17, 2015

Airbnb and Uber are here, and they’re growing. It’s time for policymakers to catch up.

February 17, 2015

Governments around the world are struggling to cope with new “sharing economy” technology platforms that allow people to buy goods and services directly from one another in “peer-to-peer” transactions.
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Jul 11, 2014

Canada’s Finance Minister is entitled to his own opinions, but not his own facts

July 11, 2014

This week, the National Post published my op-ed addressing recent comments made by Canada’s federal Finance Minister regarding Ontario’s long-standing criticism of federal policies governing fiscal transfers and their impact on Ontario’s balance sheet.
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Jul 08, 2014

Oliver’s flawed facts: Ontario a net contributor to Canada, Ottawa’s assertions notwithstanding

July 8, 2014

Federal tinkering has cost Ontario $1.2-billion–more than other provinces
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Jun 24, 2014

Four changes to the TFW program that would help Canadian businesses

June 24, 2014

Recently, Canada’s Employment Minister Jason Kenney announced new changes to the Temporary Foreign Workers program (TFW).
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Jun 15, 2014

Ontario is being cheated by the federal government

June 15, 2014

All evidence suggests the federal government is actually tinkering with allocation formulae and fiscal transfers to weaken Ontario’s balance sheet.
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Mar 09, 2014

Canada is Now a Diaspora Nation

March 9, 2014

Canadians rightly take pride in our country’s diversity. Our collective understanding and definition of the country have been shaped by waves of immigration and most Canadians cannot imagine a Canadian identity that doesn’t include diversity.
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Feb 14, 2014

Ottawa’s fight with provinces is about more than job grants

February 14, 2014

It’s been a year since the federal government announced its plan for a new Canada Job Grant program (CJG) and we are apparently no closer to a negotiated agreement on its future.
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Dec 19, 2013

Ontario is getting short-changed, and it’s not ‘just math’

December 19, 2013

Ontarians deserve an explanation for why their transfer payments from Ottawa are going down while every other province’s are going up.
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Nov 29, 2013

Fixing the Canada Job Grant Program

November 29, 2013

In March, the federal government announced a new approach to their investments in skills training. Read More

Nov 28, 2013

Nudge unit: civil servants should turn behavioural insights on themselves

November 28, 2013

Canadian academics say behavioural insights are an effective tool to drive civil service reform.
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