Ken Boessenkool

April 20th 2022 - Border - Canadian Tax Journal

Policy Forum: Border Carbon Adjustments— Four Practical Challenges

Canadian tax journal / revue fiscale Canadienne (2022) Ken Boessenkool, Mike Moffatt, Aaron Cosbey, and Michael Bernstein* * Ken Boessenkool is of the Max Bell School of Public Policy and the C.D. Howe Institute, Vulcan, Alberta (e-mail: ken@sidicus.com); Mike Moffatt…

March 24th 2022 - Federal/Provincial Relations - The Line

Pick a Conservative leader who can win

Facing a quasi-formal coalition between the Liberals and the NDP, the Conservatives are at a serious disadvantage. Deal with it. In 2011, Stephen Harper’s election rally cry was “You can have a Liberal, NDP, Bloc coalition… or you can have…

November 17th 2021 - Alberta - The Line

Ken Boessenkool and Mike Moffatt: It’s time for the banana talk, Mr. Macklem

The Bank of Canada needs to clearly communicate to Canadians what’s happening with inflation. By: Ken Boessenkool and Mike Moffatt Canada’s headline inflation rate (the Consumer Price Index) is bursting through the upper end of the Bank of Canada’s target…

November 16th 2021 - Alberta - The Line

Flipping the Line: The conservative coalition constantly changes. That’s fine.

FPTP isn’t a problem. It means you can shed portions of the right furthest from, or most offensive to, the mainstream. The Line welcomes angry rebuttals and responses to our work. The best will be featured in our ongoing series,…

November 1st 2021 - Alberta - Globe and Mail

The battles have been won, and the old political axioms are dead. Carbon taxes are here to stay

KEN BOESSENKOOL AND MIKE MOFFATT SPECIAL TO THE GLOBE AND MAIL PUBLISHED OCTOBER 29, 2021 After more than a decade of hard, public democratic debate between the “no carbon tax” crowd and those advocating for a “carbon tax now,” the…