The CPC is not, and has never been, the party of big business | 25 May 2024 | Archive | The Line |
The carbon tax is dead. Long live the carbon tax | 9 Nov 2023 | Archive | The Line |
Poilievre doesn’t want to just win. He wants to win big | 25 Oct 2023 | Politics | The Line |
A successful convention is a key step on the path to victory | 19 Sep 2023 | Politics | The Line |
Why I won’t vote in this election | 29 May 2023 | Alberta | The Line |
Jared Wesley and Ken Boessenkool: Danielle Smith is not a conservative | 1 May 2023 | Alberta | The Line |
Johnston is the wrong man for the job | 22 Mar 2023 | Politics | The Line |
Ken Boessenkool and Mike Moffatt: Macklem can’t afford another bad call | 24 Jan 2023 | Economics | The Line |
Alberta’s newly minted UCP cabinet will need to lead Premier Smith, lest there be trouble | 26 Oct 2022 | Alberta | CBC |
Premier Smith is a kamikaze mission aimed at the UCP, conservatism and Alberta | 7 Oct 2022 | Alberta | The Line |
Poilievre has what Harper last did — total control of the CPC caucus | 29 Sep 2022 | Archive | The Line |
Opinion: Getting to government is one thing, but how you govern is just as important | 12 Sep 2022 | Politics | The Hub |
Alberta isn’t conservative | 26 May 2022 | Alberta | The Line |
Looking to fix housing? Run for mayor, not prime minister | 27 Apr 2022 | Family | The Hub |
Kenney has a chance. But his strategy sure is depressing | 20 Apr 2022 | Alberta | The Line |
Policy Forum: Border Carbon Adjustments— Four Practical Challenges | 20 Apr 2022 | Border | Canadian Tax Journal |
Pick a Conservative leader who can win | 24 Mar 2022 | Federal/Provincial Relations | The Line |
Killing the ‘carbon tax’ is back while some Conservatives seek credible climate plans | 4 Mar 2022 | Archive | |
Ep 32: What next for Conservatives and climate change? | 2 Mar 2022 | Politics | Smart Prosperity Institute |
Ken Boessenkool: Conservatives will vote for a strong climate plan if it helps them win | 1 Mar 2022 | Politics | The Hub |
Good luck or good management, Alberta’s latest budget is good politically for Jason Kenney | 28 Feb 2022 | Alberta | CBC |
Conservatives for Clean Growth | 26 Feb 2022 | Politics | Canada West Foundation |
On climate change, are the Conservatives about to make the same mistakes again? | 26 Feb 2022 | Politics | Globe and Mail |
Boessenkool and Carroll: Quebec is imposing its own religion on the public | 14 Dec 2021 | Archive | The Line |
Opinion: Governments seem to be missing the point on Canada’s housing crisis | 11 Dec 2021 | Archive | Globe and Mail |
Conservatives want to pin rising prices on the Trudeau government. Will Canadians be convinced? | 3 Dec 2021 | Monetary Policy | Globe and Mail |
Ken Boessenkool and Mike Moffatt: It’s time for the banana talk, Mr. Macklem | 17 Nov 2021 | Alberta | The Line |
Flipping the Line: The conservative coalition constantly changes. That’s fine. | 16 Nov 2021 | Alberta | The Line |
The battles have been won, and the old political axioms are dead. Carbon taxes are here to stay | 1 Nov 2021 | Alberta | Globe and Mail |
The conservative case against the Reform Act | 20 Oct 2021 | Alberta | The Hub |
Turn the Senate back into Canada’s house of memory | 14 Oct 2021 | Archive | The Hub |
O’Toole can risk adopting a carbon tax … in fact, he has to | 12 Oct 2021 | Alberta | The Line |
For Justin Trudeau, things will almost certainly get worse | 22 Sep 2021 | Archive | CBC |
Neither of the big two parties found the middle ground on child care | 15 Sep 2021 | Archive | The Hub |
For Trudeau, is this a repeat of 2004? Or of 2006? | 1 Sep 2021 | Alberta | The Line |
Kenney, O’Toole and the battle for Alberta conservatism | 28 Aug 2021 | Alberta | CBC |
You’re probably watching the wrong election battle | 25 Aug 2021 | Archive | The Line |
Jason Kenney cannot win an equalization referendum | 29 Jul 2021 | Alberta | The Line |
Conservatives must emphasize social conservatism to succeed | 20 Jul 2021 | Alberta | The Hub |
Ken Boessenkool: Crossing the line | 9 Jun 2021 | Alberta | The Line |
Energi Media: Conservative strategist argues for carbon tax as path to smaller government | 7 Jun 2021 | Alberta | YouTube |
Ken Boessenkool: The time has come for a new family agenda | 4 Jun 2021 | Alberta | The Hub |
Dear Kenney, purge the disloyal | 13 May 2021 | Alberta | The Line |
Ken Boessenkool: The good, the bad and the opportunity in the federal child care plan | 5 May 2021 | Economics | The Hub |
Aggressive Incrementalism: Strengthening the Foundations of Canada’s Approach to Childcare | 18 Apr 2021 | Archive | CD Howe Institute |
If the Grace Life leaders want to truly make their case, they should be charged | 8 Apr 2021 | Archive | The Line |
Dear Doug Ford: Why let Trudeau buy off his voter coalition when you could be buying off yours? | 25 Mar 2021 | Archive | The Line |
Ken Boessenkool on Getting a Triple Dividend from a Carbon Tax | 19 Mar 2021 | Archive | McGill |
A real climate-change plan will help O’Toole … even in the west | 20 Jan 2021 | Politics | The Line |
Ken Boessenkool Argues for a Childcare Baby Bonus | 14 Jan 2021 | Family | MAX Policy |
Conservatives must reject Trumpism and address voter anger rather than stoking it, says strategist | 13 Jan 2021 | Politics | CBC |
Enough is enough with Trumpism | 8 Jan 2021 | Politics | The Line |
The Liberals need have faith that their carbon tax will do its job. | 5 Jan 2021 | Economics | The Line |
The populists are the problem | 2 Dec 2020 | Politics | The Line |
Are We Doing Enough to Help Parents Weather the COVID Storm? | 4 Nov 2020 | Family | CD Howe Institute |
Ken Boessenkool: Want lower, flatter taxes? Embrace the carbon tax | 30 Oct 2020 | Tax | The Line |
Conservatives should embrace a carbon tax: But not for the reasons you think | 29 Oct 2020 | Politics | MAX Policy |
The CPC can win the 905 if it embraces a carbon tax | 15 Sep 2020 | Politics | The Line |
Keep the planes parked — there’s no chance of a snap federal vote this fall | 25 Aug 2020 | Politics | The Line |
Boessenkool & Gillezeau: A political career for Mark Carney will hurt Canada | 19 Aug 2020 | Monetary Policy | The Line |
Why the tepid response to the crisis of childcare? | 6 Aug 2020 | Family | The Line |
Public confidence and the COVID-19 economy | 30 Jun 2020 | Economics | First Policy Response |
Thoughts on Forestalling the Coming Childcare Crisis | 24 Jun 2020 | Family | CD Howe Institute |
Supply-side shocks of COVID-19 could linger for years | 11 Jun 2020 | Economics | First Policy Response |
Supply-side Shocks and the COVID Economic Recovery | 29 May 2020 | Economics | CD Howe Institute |
Ken Boessenkool – Ottawa has the Tools to Replace the CERB (Part II) | 15 May 2020 | Economics | CD Howe Institute |
Ottawa has the Tools to Replace the CERB (Part I) | 15 May 2020 | Economics | CD Howe Institute |
Canadians need child-care benefits to withstand a COVID-19 recession | 11 May 2020 | Family | Globe and Mail |
Change the Child Tax Deduction to Address the Coming Childcare Shortage | 7 May 2020 | Family | CD Howe Institute |
Three Ways to Treat the CERB in Social Assistance | 17 Apr 2020 | Economics | CD Howe Institute |
Could the coronavirus financial crisis lead to another populist storm? | 14 Apr 2020 | Politics | Macleans |
Briefing: Crisis Basic Income | 7 Apr 2020 | Economics | Max Bell School of Public Policy |
Cheques for all – but just for now | 5 Apr 2020 | Economics | First Policy Response |
Mind the gaps: Why Canada’s pandemic jobs plan isn’t as useful as sending Canadians a cheque | 31 Mar 2020 | Economics | Globe and Mail |
Reconciling Crisis Basic Income and Wage Subsides in a COVID-19 World | 27 Mar 2020 | Economics | Medium |
Canada needs crisis basic income now | 19 Mar 2020 | Economics | Macleans |
In normal times, universal basic income is a bad idea. But it’s the wisest solution for COVID-19 economic strain | 19 Mar 2020 | Economics | Globe and Mail |
To win the next election, Conservatives need a credible climate plan | 27 Feb 2020 | Politics | Macleans |
Ordered Liberty: The Origins and Development of Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Political Thought | 10 Feb 2020 | Politics | Voegelin View |
How the Harper model worked, and why it’s now broken | 30 Jan 2020 | Politics | CBC |
How Alberta’s proposed ‘fair deal’ plan could cut separatism off at the knees | 21 Nov 2019 | Alberta | CBC |
Child and Maternity/Parental Benefits – Transition Briefing | 7 May 2018 | Family | Ontario 360 |
No reason Alberta political parties should feel legally barred from merger | 16 Jul 2016 | Alberta | Edmonton Journal |
For a quick shot in the arm, cut the GST | 16 Feb 2016 | Tax | Globe and Mail |
Discussions about inequality should start with the family | 28 Jan 2016 | Family | Policy Options |
Boessenkool & Speer: Conservatives are in a solid position to win again, thanks to the Stephen Harper decade | 23 Jan 2016 | Politics | National Post |
Why Kevin O’Leary is wrong for Conservatives | 18 Jan 2016 | Politics | Macleans |
A Plan to Revive Civil Society in Canada | 29 Dec 2015 | Politics | C2C Journal |
Why Stephen Harper’s influence will endure | 7 Dec 2015 | Politics | Globe and Mail |
How Stephen Harper’s open federalism changed Canada for the better | 1 Dec 2015 | Politics | Macleans |
Ordered Liberty: How Harper’s Philosophy Transformed Canada for the Better | 1 Dec 2015 | Politics | Policy Options |
How the deficit gambit stunned Conservatives into silence | 30 Oct 2015 | Politics | Macleans |
What Conservatives should look for in a new leader | 22 Oct 2015 | Politics | Macleans |
What can a little birdie tell us about the Parliamentary Press Gallery | 30 Apr 2015 | Politics | Policy Options |
Prentice’s Right Turn | 25 Mar 2015 | Alberta | Policy Options |
A handy guide for party switchers: It doesn’t have to be a total disaster | 27 Feb 2015 | Politics | Policy Options |
Policy Forum: Kids Are Not Boats | 1 Jan 2015 | Archive | |
Revealed: Stephen Harper is conservative. Really. | 13 Jul 2012 | Politics | Macleans |
PUBLIC SECTOR WAGE GROWTH IN ALBERTA | 19 Jan 2012 | Alberta | The School For Public Policy |
Who really benefited from vote splits this election? | 11 May 2011 | Politics | Globe and Mail |
Get ready for the political Stampede | 25 Feb 2011 | Politics | Globe and Mail |
Fixing the Fiscal Imbalance: Turning GST Revenues Over to the Provinces in Exchange for Lower Transfers | 2 Dec 2010 | Federal/Provincial Relations | The School For Public Policy |
Scrap the Long Form | 31 Aug 2010 | Politics | Financial Post |
When the size of the conservative ‘c’ didn’t matter | 6 Apr 2010 | Economics | Globe and Mail |
Does Alberta Have a Spending Problem? | 17 Feb 2010 | Alberta | The School For Public Policy |
Back off, Bank of Canada – a strong loonie is not a problem | 9 Nov 2009 | Monetary Policy | Globe and Mail |
Unleash consumer spending with temporary GST cut | 27 Nov 2008 | Tax | Toronto Star |
Rumours of Ontario’s penury are much exaggerated | 1 May 2008 | Economics | Globe and Mail |
Time for New Budget Tools: A Savings and Surplus Management Act for Alberta | 21 Jan 2008 | Alberta | Canada West Foundation |
Stick to the formula on equalization | 21 Jun 2007 | Federal/Provincial Relations | Globe and Mail |
Some inconvenient facts on equalization | 7 Feb 2007 | Federal/Provincial Relations | Globe and Mail |
Equalization and the Fiscal Imbalance | 7 Feb 2007 | Federal/Provincial Relations | Canada West Foundation |
Albertans are moving beyond alienation | 18 Nov 2003 | Archive | National Post |
Money’s not for nothing | 30 Sep 2002 | Monetary Policy | The Line |
Romanow’s hands – off health-care strategy predictable: If Alberta means to implement Mazankowski’s recommendations, it must get on with it | 6 Aug 2002 | Archive | Calgary Herald |
Romanow’s hands- off health-care strategy predictable: If Alberta means to implement Mazankowski’s recommendations | 6 Aug 2002 | Archive | Calgary Herald |
How to reduce poverty in Canada | 31 Jul 2002 | Archive | National Post |
Remove resource revenues from equalization | 31 Jul 2002 | Federal/Provincial Relations | National Post |
Provinces must win health care PR battle | 20 Jul 2002 | Archive | National Post |
Taxing Incentives: How the Equalization program Distorts Tax Policy in Recipient Provinces | 7 Jul 2002 | Federal/Provincial Relations | AIMS |
Equalization: the help that hurts | 25 Jun 2002 | Archive | National Post |
Equalization: the help that hurts | 25 Jun 2002 | Federal/Provincial Relations | National Post |
Boosting Alberta’s resource reserves will cushion baby boom bust | 26 May 2002 | Archive | Calgary Herald |
What the poverty industry won’t tell you | 24 May 2002 | Archive | National Post |
What the poverty industry won’t tell you | 24 May 2002 | Economics | National Post |
Good firewalls make good policy | 3 May 2002 | Archive | National Post |
No two professors created equal | 7 Apr 2002 | Archive | Calgary Herald |
Ten Reasons to Remove Nonrenewable Resources from Equalization | 4 Apr 2002 | Federal/Provincial Relations | AIMS |
Alberta leaves parents out of school equation: The people who pay for schools actually want to put their money into something that works. Ken Boessenkool explains. | 7 Mar 2002 | Archive | Calgary Herald |
Those who control the gold, rule: Putting parents in charge of education | 14 Feb 2002 | Family | AIMS |
The sixth commandment: the provinces are taking back control of Medicare, and it’s high time | 4 Feb 2002 | Archive | Time (Canadian Edition) |
Game theory and military preparedness | 19 Dec 2001 | Archive | National Post |
Santé: le reste du Canada se rallie peu à peu au point de vue du Québec | 22 Nov 2001 | Archive | La Presse Forum |
Ottawa must get off the health care pulpit | 17 Nov 2001 | Archive | National Post |
Security is Ottawa’s Job 1 | 18 Oct 2001 | Archive | National Post |
KEEPING ALBERTA ON THE PATH OF FISCAL HAPPINESS | 1 Oct 2001 | Alberta | CD Howe Institute |
Give mom and dad a break: family-friendly tax options for Canada | 1 Oct 2001 | Family | Policy Options |
Beware of Grits bearing gifts | 24 Aug 2001 | Archive | Calgary Herald |
Equalization needs fixing | 1 Aug 2001 | Federal/Provincial Relations | Chronicle Herald |
Remove resource revenues from equalization | 31 Jul 2001 | Federal/Provincial Relations | National Post |
On health, provinces should go it alone | 30 Jul 2001 | Archive | National Post |
Ottawa scheme confiscates East Coast’s chance for a real future | 25 Jul 2001 | Archive | Calgary Herald |
Alberta has the tools to strengthen its energy hand | 17 Jul 2001 | Archive | Calgary Herald |
Taking off the Shackles | 29 Jun 2001 | Federal/Provincial Relations | AIMS |
Super provinces won’t let Ottawa get so pushy | 28 Jun 2001 | Archive | Calgary Herald |
Equal time on equalization | 18 Jun 2001 | Archive | National Post |
Alberta heading for cash crunch | 31 May 2001 | Archive | Calgary Herald |
The cruel hand of equalization: Atlantic Canada sees little revenue from nonrenewable resources | 31 May 2001 | Archive | National Post |
The cruel hand of equalization | 31 May 2001 | Federal/Provincial Relations | National Post |
Provinces will soon have the upper hand | 23 May 2001 | Archive | National Post |
Alberta leads the way in fostering prosperity | 27 Apr 2001 | Archive | Calgary Herald |
How to tell if provincial spending is rising too fast | 23 Apr 2001 | Archive | Calgary Herald |
Poster-province economics 101: Difference between total spending, non-resource revenues the key | 23 Apr 2001 | Archive | Edmonton Journal |
Sweet talk no substitute for action | 14 Apr 2001 | Archive | National Post |
Electoral system may be messy, but it works | 3 Apr 2001 | Archive | Calgary Herald |
The Alberta Agenda | 1 Apr 2001 | Alberta | Policy Options |
Dion gave us a shake and a slap | 17 Mar 2001 | Archive | Calgary Herald |
The great EI ripoff: You’re being gouged, and only Ralph Klein or Mike Harris can save you | 5 Mar 2001 | Archive | The Ottawa Citizen |
Alberta could put a stop to the great EI ripoff | 24 Feb 2001 | Archive | Calgary Herald |
La grogne de l’Ouest Un “Programme pour l’Alberta” | 21 Feb 2001 | Archive | La Presse Forum |
Politics and pogey: The Liberals cut off debate, but there is another way to get EI reform on the agenda | 16 Feb 2001 | Archive | National Post |
Alberta could be Hamm’s ally | 9 Feb 2001 | Archive | National Post |
Alberta could be Hamm’s ally | 9 Feb 2001 | Alberta | AIMS |
Some provinces are more equal than others | 2 Feb 2001 | Archive | Calgary Herald |
Open letter to Ralph Klein | 26 Jan 2001 | Archive | National Post |
Shots from both sides in the Liberal `war on poverty’: No: Canada can’t afford huge cost | 15 Dec 2000 | Archive | The Ottawa Citizen |
Even the losers get lucky sometimes: As Liberal ballots were counted, an Alliance insider was counting his own party’s blessings. | 30 Nov 2000 | Archive | The Ottawa Citizen |
Taking the Road Less Taxing | 13 Jun 2000 | Tax | AIMS |
Per-child tax deduction would be fairer: The bias shown by the federal taxation system in favour of two-income families over single-income families means the government believes some children are worth more than others. Kenneth Boessenkool and James Davies argue that it’s time to return fairness to families. | 27 Nov 1998 | Archive | Calgary Herald |
GIVING MOM AND DAD A BREAK: RETURNING FAIRNESS TO FAMILIES IN CANADA’S TAX AND TRANSFER SYSTEM | 26 Nov 1998 | Family | CD Howe Institute |
Clearly Canadian: Improving Equity and Accountability with an Overarching Equalization Program | 1 Oct 1998 | Federal/Provincial Relations | CD Howe Institute |
It Takes Two: The Family in Law and Finance | 1 Oct 1998 | Family | CD Howe Institute |
Wrong move: Unless Bank of Canada reverses its interest-rate hike, a recession by 1999 is all but guaranteed | 28 Aug 1998 | Archive | Montreal Gazette |
Buried by a falling dollar: With its interest-rate hike, the Bank of Canada has turned a symptom of economic troubles into a cause of worse ones | 28 Aug 1998 | Archive | The Globe and Mail |
Rate hike leads us into recession | 28 Aug 1998 | Archive | The Ottawa Citizen |
Let’s defend the dollar with lower interest rates | 10 Aug 1998 | Archive | The Ottawa Citizen |
Let’s Defend the Dollar — With Lower Interest Rates! | 7 Aug 1998 | Monetary Policy | CD Howe Institute |
Buried by a Falling Dollar: The Bank of Canada’s Misguided Interest Rate Hike Promises Recession | 1 Aug 1998 | Monetary Policy | CD Howe Institute |
Sliding away from debt reduction | 3 Mar 1998 | Archive | The Ottawa Citizen |
THE 1998 BUDGET: FALLING BEHIND ON DEBT REDUCTION | 1 Feb 1998 | Economics | CD Howe Institute |
More Money Than Is Good for Us: Why the Bank of Canada Should Tighten Monetary Policy | 1 Jan 1998 | Monetary Policy | CD Howe Institute |
Solving the EI Conundrum | 1 Jul 1997 | Economics | CD Howe Institute |
Has Alberta found a key to the youth employment puzzle? Alberta’s tougher rules on welfare eligibility and reforms to the incentive structure of welfare benefits appear to have encouraged more Albertans under 25 to find jobs. | 11 Apr 1997 | Archive | The Globe and Mail |
Back to Work: Learning from the Alberta Welfare Experiment, | 9 Apr 1997 | Alberta | CD Howe Institute |
EI-kes!: Federal-provincial job-training tangles are denting our paycheques | 5 Feb 1997 | Archive | The Ottawa Citizen |
Ending the Training Tangle: The Case against Federal-Provincial Programs under EI | 1 Feb 1997 | Federal/Provincial Relations | CD Howe Institute |
How Ottawa will stiff every B.C. man, woman and child: The C.D. Howe Institute sees less money for our province, and others, and more for Quebec under a new federal transfer program. | 14 Jun 1996 | Archive | Vancouver Sun |
THE 1996 FEDERAL BUDGET: SOME ANSWERS AND SOME QUESTIONS | 6 Mar 1996 | Economics | CD Howe Institute |