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William Watson: Armageddon postponed, now back to dairy quotas and CUSMA

We won't get a trade deal without dairy concessions and that means compensating farmers even if it's not legally required

William Watson FP Comment

An employee prepares cows for milking at Armstrong Manor Dairy Farm in Caledon, Ont.

Opinion: We need to start thinking about a Taiwan crisis

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Mantajvir Singh Deol, Special to Financial Post FP Comment

Chinese paramilitary policemen march outside the Great Hall of the People after attending a ceremony to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army, in Beijing on August 1, 2017.

Terence Corcoran: Excrementalism — Cory Doctorow is totally full of it

Terence Corcoran FP Comment

Canadian author, journalist and activist Cory Doctorow.

Opinion: K-12 education needs change and choice

Bacchus Barua, Special to Financial Post FP Comment

An empty classroom at a school in Belleville, Ont.

Matthew Lau: Government control of education is better than union control

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Matthew Lau FP Comment

Empty desks in a elementary, junior high or high school classroom.

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William Watson: Open the highway, you crazy New Brunswickers!

The decision to charge tolls on the Trans-Canada highway choke-point at the Nova Scotia border is like Iran tolling the Strait of Hormuz

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William Watson 2 days ago FP Comment
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Opinion: We need less dialysis, more kidney transplants

Transplants provide longer life expectation, better quality of life and save money. Yet the system isn't producing them

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Susan Q. McKenzie and Lynn van der Linde, Special to Financial Post 2 days ago FP Comment
Opinion: Government grocery stores defy basic economics

Toronto City Council's idea of opening grocery stores to compete with the private sector will end as badly as most government operations

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Alex Whalen and Jake Fuss, Special to Financial Post 6 days ago FP Comment
William Watson: User-pay is a good principle for infrastructure

It's both fair and efficient that the people who benefit from infrastructure should pay for it. In new subdivisions, that means residents

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William Watson April 2, 2026 FP Comment
Jack Mintz: With house prices softening, let’s dial back housing initiatives

Mainly for economic reasons, the housing market is getting more affordable. Since the emergency is over, it's time to dial back on ad hoc policies

Jack M. Mintz April 2, 2026 FP Comment

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Terence Corcoran: Canada hates Trump but loves his economics

The Canadian economic strategy approach reflects Trump’s economic belief that the state is the road to economic salvation

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Terence Corcoran April 1, 2026 FP Comment
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Matthew Lau: Ontario needs better budgets than it has been getting

With taxes and spending high and the budget still not balanced, it's hard to tell the Ford government from Liberal predecessors

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Matthew Lau April 1, 2026 FP Comment
Opinion: Ontario budget cut the wrong business tax rate

Ontario needs lower taxes on business but cutting the small-business tax rate and not the general rate discourages small firms from growing

Grady Munro and Jake Fuss, Special to Financial Post April 1, 2026 FP Comment
Opinion: Doug Ford hands Donald Trump a trade weapon

Extending 'Buy Ontario' into health care gives the U.S. a big trade talking point and takes chances with Ontarians' health

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David Clement, Special to Financial Post March 31, 2026 FP Comment
Opinion: Will our courts soon import Dutch emissions disease?

The Netherlands is having to reduce its overall emissions sharply to alleviate climate effects on the Caribbean island of Bonaire

Andrew Roman, Special to Financial Post March 31, 2026 FP Comment

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William Watson: Not just his DNA makes Avi Lewis a blast from the past

The new NDP leader wants government corporations in all important areas of the economy. That's a recipe for even slower economic growth

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William Watson March 31, 2026 FP Comment
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Terence Corcoran: Ottawa’s competition ‘hawks’ swooping in on Rogers — again

Tribunal to hear new Competition Bureau allegations, this time about 'infinite' data plans

Terence Corcoran March 27, 2026 FP Comment
Jack Mintz: Energy security will top many nations' future political agendas

If the Strait of Hormuz is no longer safe, Saudi Arabia and other Gulf States will need other ways to deliver oil to the global market

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Jack M. Mintz March 27, 2026 FP Comment
William Watson: Defence spending debacles are nothing new to Canada

Do we buy the most effective weapons? Or do we see defence as a subcategory of industrial policy and regional and political balancing?

William Watson March 26, 2026 FP Comment
Opinion: Carney’s Industrial Carbon Tax imposes real costs on Canadians

The economic cost is more than $1,100 per person, while employment is 50,000 lower than it would be under the 2025 policy status quo

Ross McKitrick, Special to Financial Post March 26, 2026 FP Comment

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Opinion: Federal government bureaucracy is suffocating the Canadian economy

Since 2020, public employment has grown three times faster than private. It's now higher here than in many other rich countries

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Franco Terrazzano and Gage Haubrich, Special to Financial Post March 26, 2026 FP Comment
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Terence Corcoran: Ontario's free market for online gambling, but not for ticket resales

Government expresses concern about the impact of high ticket prices for concerts, sports events on families, while promoting online gambling

Terence Corcoran March 25, 2026 FP Comment
Opinion: By embracing defence, ESG reveals its underlying illogic

Ethical investment is realizing that defence is key to society. But reliable energy is key to defence. It shouldn't be barred

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David McGruer and Tom Harris, Special to Financial Post March 25, 2026 FP Comment
Matthew Lau: Celebrating 20 years of the EconTalk podcast

Host Russ Roberts has talked to the leading lights of modern economics but also to experts in theatre, baseball, Swiss watches, you name it

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Matthew Lau March 25, 2026 FP Comment
William Watson: Ottawa should get behind C.D. Howe's 'Big Bang'

Re-balancing tax rates so they do less economic harm will help bring the growth Canada desperately needs but without reducing revenues

William Watson March 24, 2026 FP Comment

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Opinion: Don’t let the foreign investment numbers fool you

Foreign investment often involves foreign companies buying Canadian ones. What raises incomes is businesses buying new capital goods

Mawakina Bafale, Peter MacKenzie and William Robson, Special to Financial Post March 24, 2026 FP Comment
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Opinion: Canada is making mistakes Sweden fixed long ago

After high-profile tax horror stories in the 1970s Sweden switched to smart taxation: higher consumption tax and lower, flatter income tax

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Harry Margulies, Special to Financial Post March 24, 2026 FP Comment
Terence Corcoran: Any Canadian auto trade deal will be flawed

The only right choice for Canadians is not on the table

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Terence Corcoran March 20, 2026 FP Comment
Jack Mintz: This week’s population numbers spell trouble ahead

Internal migration to Alberta and B.C. is changing political balances while continuing net emigration is reducing our growth potential

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Jack M. Mintz March 20, 2026 FP Comment
Opinion: No matter how good AI gets, it won’t beat markets

The economy isn't a vast set of equations. It's a complex discovery process done in real time. Even the best computers aren't up to that

Peter Boettke, Special to Financial Post March 20, 2026 FP Comment

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William Watson: Some surprising numbers on wealth and home ownership

Despite what you've heard, the wealth gap is narrowing, while people under 35 are more likely to own a home than at any time this century

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William Watson March 19, 2026 FP Comment
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Gwyn Morgan: Net zero is dead. Why is Carney still pushing it?

The PM did abolish the consumer carbon tax, though only by shifting it to businesses

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Gwyn Morgan, Special to Financial Post March 19, 2026 FP Comment
Opinion: Heed the defence think tanks: Stop thinking tanks

Drones in their millions are taking over battlefields everywhere. Canada needs to partner with expert producers

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Kasha Piquette, Special to Financial Post March 19, 2026 FP Comment
Terence Corcoran: Could it become President Rubio and Prime Minister Poilievre?

It's a long shot, but both politicians are on the same anti-Carney page

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Terence Corcoran March 18, 2026 FP Comment
Philip Cross: The U.S. loses more from tariffs than exporting nations do

It's becoming clear that the best way to fight Trump's tariffs is waiting for the political effects of higher American prices

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Philip Cross March 18, 2026 FP Comment

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Matthew Lau: Every federal party gets auto policy wrong

The best policy would let Canadians decide for themselves which vehicles they want to drive. No federal party can resist overruling them

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Matthew Lau March 18, 2026 FP Comment
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Matthew Lau: Ontario should ignore teachers' advice on standardized testing

As per student spending has risen, test scores have fallen. Some teachers' unions don't seem to want parents to know that

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Matthew Lau March 17, 2026 FP Comment
Bjorn Lomborg: We need to copy China’s energy playbook and go nuclear

Devouring energy made China rich, which is now enabling it to go clean and dependable by rapidly expanding its reliance on nuclear

Bjorn Lomborg, Special to Financial Post March 17, 2026 FP Comment
Opinion: Carney government doubles down on failed Trudeau fiscal policy

Higher spending, bigger deficits and deeper debts aren't going to bring the better economic performance the Liberals want to achieve

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Grady Munro and Jake Fuss, Special to Financial Post March 17, 2026 FP Comment
Terence Corcoran: Oil and the art of forecasting

Sensational headlines and predictions do not shape the future. The market does

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Terence Corcoran March 13, 2026 FP Comment

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