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Charles Lammam
Last published April 2026 · On our record since 2010
Where this writer stands
Fiscal policy2 pieces
Higher taxes and public spendingLower taxes and tighter spending
“The moment demands a rigorous return to prioritization. Governments must perform well in the core duties they have already promised before borrowing resources from the future to invent something new.” Read the piece
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Recent work
- Charles Lammam: State grocery stores an expensive policy adventure that ignores the real problemOpinion · National Post · Apr 9, 2026
- Charles Lammam: As government jobs in Canada multiply, productivity fallsOpinion · National Post · Mar 9, 2026
- LAMMAM: Doug Ford’s next big federal tax challenge — opt out of CPP expansionOpinion · Toronto Sun · Aug 14, 2018
- LAMMAM: Doug Ford’s next big federal tax challenge — opt out of CPP expansionOpinion · Toronto Sun · Aug 14, 2018
- Opinion: Restrain gov't worker compensation to help fix Alberta's budgetOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Aug 13, 2018
- LAMMAM: Average Canadian family spends over $37,000 per year on taxesOpinion · Toronto Sun · Aug 13, 2018
- Opinion: Average workers will ultimately pay for Horgan government’s new payroll taxOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Aug 7, 2018
- Ergete Ferede and Charles Lammam: Just cut top income-tax rate to spur B.C. entrepreneurshipOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Jul 8, 2018
- Opinion: Managing public sector compensation crucial to balancing budgetOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Jun 24, 2018
- Opinion: Raising B.C.’s minimum wage wrong way to help working poorOpinion · Vancouver Sun · May 28, 2018
- Opinion | Liberals, Tories both wrong on minimum wage policyOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 23, 2018
- Charles Lammam and Hugh MacIntyre: B.C.’s 2018 budget fails to deal with competitivenessOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Feb 19, 2018
- Opinion: Canada about to lose its edge on taxation; PM must respond to Trump cutsOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Dec 29, 2017
- Opinion: Trudeau government’s small business tax changes won’t help the middle classOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Oct 22, 2017
- Opinion: B.C. under new government is at a fiscal crossroadsOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Sep 7, 2017
- Opinion: B.C. under new government is at a fiscal crossroadsOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Sep 7, 2017
- Lammam, MacIntyre and Hunt: Minimum wage — good intentions not good enoughOpinion · Calgary Herald · Jul 9, 2017
- Opinion: Repair Quebec’s finances by better controlling government payOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Mar 8, 2017
- Opinion: B.C. budget unveiling an ideal time to make carbon tax revenue neutralOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Feb 19, 2017
- Another broken promise: Tax cuts for the middle classOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 12, 2017
- Another broken promise: Tax cuts for the middle classOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 12, 2017
- Another broken promise: Tax cuts for the middle classOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 12, 2017
- Fraser Institute not an 'anti-tax crusader' | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 29, 2016
- Fraser Institute not an ‘anti-tax crusader’Opinion · Toronto Star · Aug 29, 2016
- Opinion: Look to existing budgets, not new taxes, to fund transit expansionOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Jul 14, 2015
- Opinion: Look to existing budgets, not new taxes, to fund transit expansionOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Jul 13, 2015
- Opinion: Living wage law for Vancouver won’t help the most vulnerableOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Jul 4, 2015
- Opinion: Can NDP clean up the PCs’ fiscal mess?Opinion · Edmonton Journal · Jun 17, 2015
- Opinion: Social mobility alive and well in CanadaOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Jun 13, 2015
- Opinion: Social mobility alive and well in CanadaOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Jun 13, 2015
- Opinion: The glaring imbalance in Metro Vancouver’s transit plebisciteOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Apr 15, 2015
- Opinion: Minimum wage isn’t what’s ailing struggling familiesOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Apr 5, 2015
- Opinion: ‘Anti-tax’ accusation based on silly and simplistic argumentsOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Mar 14, 2015
- Opinion: Compensation for government-sector workers should reflect what's offered in the private sectorOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Feb 25, 2015
- Opinion: Status quo isn’t good enoughOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Feb 16, 2015
- Opinion: Public-sector pay, benefits should be in line with private sectorOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Jan 25, 2015
- Opinion: Public-sector pay, benefits should be in line with private sectorOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Jan 25, 2015
- Opinion: Governments should not meddle with CEO pay levelsOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Jan 3, 2015
- Opinion: Governments should not meddle with CEO pay levelsOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Jan 3, 2015
- Opinion: Minimum wage increases won’t solve povertyOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Nov 29, 2014
- Opinion: Income splitting is not the best form of tax reliefOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Nov 2, 2014
- Opinion: Vancouver vs. Surrey: Which spends and taxes more?Opinion · Vancouver Sun · Oct 18, 2014
- Opinion: Vancouver city hall has a debt addictionOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Jul 13, 2014
- A $243,000 bill courtesy of Canada’s governmentsOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Mar 31, 2014
- Too early to declare the deficit slainOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Nov 11, 2013
- Opinion: More caution needed in plan to expand CPPOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Nov 3, 2013
- The Vancouver SunOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Mar 27, 2013
- How to save the planetOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Oct 24, 2010
- The Vancouver SunOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Feb 6, 2010