Meredith Boessenkool & Phillips
I’m pleased to announce that Shannon Phillips has joined forces with myself and Tyler Meredith, creating Meredith Boessenkool & Phillips. Together we’ll offer our brand of innovative policy-based expertise to Canadians from coast to coast.
We work to translate our clients’ goals into public policy priorities, crafting ready-made, comprehensive solutions for government.
To Make Better Policy with Meredith Boessenkool & Phillips, visit MBPolicy.com.
Ken
October 30th 2020 - Tax - The Line
Ken Boessenkool: Want lower, flatter taxes? Embrace the carbon tax
As a small-c conservative I favour lower taxes, flatter taxes and consumption taxes rather than higher taxes, steeply progressive taxes and income taxes. You’d not be much of a conservative if you disagreed. Yet most Canadian big-C Conservative parties have…
October 29th 2020 - Politics - MAX Policy
Conservatives should embrace a carbon tax: But not for the reasons you think
MAX Policy is a collection of provocative ideas and policy solutions generated by the minds at the Max Bell School of Public Policy. Could a carbon tax make Canada’s tax system more efficient? I am asking and answering this question as…
September 15th 2020 - Politics - The Line
The CPC can win the 905 if it embraces a carbon tax
A carbon tax, properly packaged, is a vote winner for Conservatives. Yes, you read that right. Way back in February, BC (Before COVID) I wrote a piece entitled “To win the next election, Conservatives need a credible climate pan.” It built on…
August 25th 2020 - Politics - The Line
Keep the planes parked — there’s no chance of a snap federal vote this fall
Will there be a federal election before next spring? In a word, no. Recent challenges for the Liberals, plus the selection of Erin O’Toole as the new Conservative leader, has ramped up speculation about a snap election. Liberals and Conservatives…
August 19th 2020 - Monetary Policy - The Line
Boessenkool & Gillezeau: A political career for Mark Carney will hurt Canada
It’s 2020 and throwing out rules, conventions and precedents is all the rage. So it may seem a bit quaint to defend a mere precedent. Yet, here we are. As rumours abound that Mark Carney, the former Governor of the…