Ken Boessenkool

January 28th 2025 - Border - The Hub

Just how permanent will Trump’s tariffs be?

The answer to that key question will determine our strategic response As Canada prepares to respond to President Donald Trump’s tariff threats, we need to pay less attention to what he says and more attention to what he does. We…

January 21st 2025 - Border - The Hub

Eliminate the GST—and other ways to respond to future Trump trade tariffs

The United States supplies half of Canada’s fruit, nuts, and vegetables. A 25 percent tariff on those imports would increase the cost of those imported fruits, nuts, and vegetables by 25 percent in less than a month (to let supply…

December 30th 2024 - Archive - The Line

This year, I’m grateful to Trudeau and Singh for two-tier health care

Instead of making the Canadian dental program look more like Canadian public health care, why don’t we do the reverse — move health care to the dental-plan model? Every year at Christmas time, The Line runs a series of articles…

January 24th 2023 - Economics - The Line

Ken Boessenkool and Mike Moffatt: Macklem can’t afford another bad call

We urge the governor to avoid leaping to overly rose-coloured conclusions. “I have put a lot of emphasis today on the things we don’t know.” — Stephen Poloz, November 3, 2014 “So we expect that inflation is going to remain…

February 28th 2022 - Alberta - CBC

Good luck or good management, Alberta’s latest budget is good politically for Jason Kenney

Alberta premier is going into his leadership review with a solid narrative on his side, writes Ken Boessenkool Ken Boessenkool · for CBC Opinion · This column is an opinion from Ken Boessenkool, a professor at the Max Bell School…