Jason Clemens

Jason Clemens is the executive vice president of the Fraser Institute and the president of the Fraser Institute Foundation.

US Already Has Most ‘Progressive’ Tax System in Industrialized World

Commentary After a surge in calls for economic justice, several major U.S. cities have proposed increasing personal income ...

Viewpoints November 26, 2025
Trudeau and Biden Fight Tide of Economics With Forced EV Transition

Commentary The Canadian and U.S. federal governments want to fundamentally reshape the automobile industry via regulations, mandates, and ...

Viewpoints September 26, 2023
Canada May Avoid Official ‘Recession’ but Comparative Living Standards Continue to Fall

Commentary The late U.S. president Ronald Reagan famously said in the 1980 election that “Recession is when your ...

Viewpoints April 14, 2023
Workers Will Bear Burden of Liberal Government’s Tax Hike on Businesses

Commentary Former U.S. president Barack Obama popularized the term “teaching moment,” when there’s an opportunity to provide the ...

Viewpoints June 14, 2022
2021 Federal Budget Spends Large on Canada’s Credit Card

Commentary The 2021 federal budget released on April 19 solidifies the legacy of the Trudeau government—it pays for ...

Viewpoints April 21, 2021
Trudeau Government Weakened Canada’s Economy Well Before COVID-19

Commentary As the Trudeau government prepares to table the first federal budget in roughly two years, it’s worthwhile ...

Viewpoints April 13, 2021
Liberals Overpromise and Underdeliver, While Canadians Suffer the Economic Consequences

Commentary Back in 2015, Justin Trudeau was elected prime minister in part because of his different disposition compared ...

Viewpoints March 25, 2021
Higher Electricity Costs Disproportionally Hurting Southwestern Ontario

Commentary Ontarians understand the personal costs—namely, higher electricity bills—of increased electricity prices caused largely by their provincial government’s ...

Viewpoints December 14, 2020