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Jack M. Mintz
Last published March 2026 · On our record since 2013
Where this writer stands
Foreign affairs1 piece
Alliance restraintAssertive alliances and sanctions
“Carney should carry those words with him when he visits Israel to strengthen our partnership.” Read the piece
Fiscal policy1 piece
Higher taxes and public spendingLower taxes and tighter spending
“s strategy to hike spending, taxes and deficits isn't going to help.” Read the piece
Only opinion columns and editorials are scored. Each piece is read twice by a language model, which records the author's own stance on a policy topic only where the piece argues one, with a quote that must appear in the piece. An author's position on a topic is the average of their pieces, weighted by the model's confidence. News reporting is listed but never scored.
Recent work
- Jack Mintz: Why Mark Carney should visit IsraelOpinion · National Post · Mar 17, 2026
- Jack Mintz: Why Mark Carney should visit IsraelOpinion · National Post · Mar 17, 2026
- Jack Mintz: Alberta manages growth while B.C. hikes spending and taxesOpinion · National Post · Feb 27, 2026
- Jack Mintz: Alberta manages growth while B.C. hikes spending and taxesOpinion · National Post · Feb 27, 2026
- Jack Mintz: Mark Carney must combat antisemitism — not fan its flamesOpinion · National Post · Aug 6, 2025
- Jack Mintz: Trump sets the stage for the next Canadian electionOpinion · National Post · Feb 4, 2025
- Jack Mintz: Angry B.C. voters mull moving next doorOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Jun 13, 2024
- Jack Mintz: We’re hitting 'peak carbon tax' sooner than Ottawa plannedOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Oct 30, 2023
- Jack Mintz: An Alberta Pension Plan would be entitled to half of CPP assetsOpinion · National Post · Sep 21, 2023
- Jack Mintz: An Alberta Pension Plan would be entitled to half of CPP assetsOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Sep 20, 2023
- Jack Mintz: Danielle Smith’s 3 priorities for her new mandateOpinion · Calgary Herald · Jun 1, 2023
- Jack Mintz: The lost jobs and investment Albertans can expect from Rachel Notley’s tax hikeOpinion · National Post · May 19, 2023
- Jack Mintz: The lost jobs and investment Albertans can expect from Rachel Notley’s tax hikeOpinion · Calgary Herald · May 17, 2023
- Jack Mintz: With Alberta’s climate plan, actions speak louder than wordsOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Apr 19, 2023
- Jack Mintz: Freezing insurance premiums won’t workOpinion · Calgary Herald · Feb 15, 2023
- Jack Mintz: Why I'm glad Danielle Smith fired me from the Alberta Health Services boardOpinion · Calgary Herald · Nov 24, 2022
- Jack Mintz: Why I'm glad Danielle Smith fired me from the Alberta Health Services boardOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Nov 24, 2022
- Jack Mintz: Why Canada’s inflation rate is so highOpinion · Calgary Herald · Oct 20, 2022
- Jack Mintz: The demographic time bomb has arrivedOpinion · National Post · Oct 3, 2022
- Jack Mintz: Poilievre's spirit hung over Centre Ice Conservatives like Banquo's ghostOpinion · National Post · Aug 13, 2022
- Jack Mintz: Welcome to stagflation, every central bankers' worst nightmareOpinion · Calgary Herald · Jun 15, 2022
- Jack Mintz: Jason Kenney was good for Alberta and great for CanadaOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · May 20, 2022
- Jack M. Mintz: The inflation tax is back. Americans have been hit first but soon we’ll be feeling it tooOpinion · Calgary Herald · May 20, 2021
- Jack M. Mintz: Albertans' can-do advantageOpinion · Calgary Herald · Apr 12, 2021
- Jack M. Mintz: Albertans' can-do advantageOpinion · Calgary Herald · Apr 12, 2021
- Jack M. Mintz: Once again commodities are coming to Canada's rescueOpinion · Calgary Herald · Apr 5, 2021
- Jack M. Mintz: Once again commodities are coming to Canada's rescueOpinion · Calgary Herald · Apr 5, 2021
- Jack M. Mintz: Provinces, not Ottawa, should decide carbon pricingOpinion · Calgary Herald · Mar 24, 2021
- Jack M. Mintz: North America needs an energy policyOpinion · Calgary Herald · Mar 17, 2021
- Jack M. Mintz: Canada should retaliate against Biden's wrong-headed decision to cancel Keystone. Here's howOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Jan 19, 2021
- Jack M. Mintz: Canada should retaliate against Biden's wrong-headed decision to cancel Keystone. Here's howOpinion · Calgary Herald · Jan 19, 2021
- Jack M. Mintz: One carbon strategy is enoughOpinion · Calgary Herald · Dec 17, 2020
- Jack M. Mintz: One carbon strategy is enoughOpinion · Calgary Herald · Dec 17, 2020
- Jack M. Mintz: One carbon strategy is enoughOpinion · Calgary Herald · Dec 17, 2020
- Jack M. Mintz: The least-cost path to net zero needs oil and gasOpinion · Calgary Herald · Nov 18, 2020
- Jack M. Mintz: The Cenovus takeover of Husky is a sign of weakness in the oilpatch, not strengthOpinion · Calgary Herald · Oct 29, 2020
- Jack Mintz: Liberals’ latest plan to penalize western energy is exactly what Canada doesn’t needOpinion · Calgary Herald · Sep 10, 2020
- Jack M. Mintz: We don't need higher inflation to grow the economyOpinion · Calgary Herald · Sep 1, 2020
- Jack M. Mintz: We don't need higher taxes to slay government debtOpinion · Calgary Herald · Jul 28, 2020
- Jack M. Mintz: Alberta is the first to think beyond this crisis. Now let's see Ottawa's recovery planOpinion · Calgary Herald · Jul 1, 2020
- Jack M. Mintz: The tax wars to comeOpinion · Calgary Herald · Jun 22, 2020
- Jack M. Mintz: Erin O'Toole is right: We need tax reformOpinion · Calgary Herald · Jun 16, 2020
- Jack Mintz: Would the Liberals dare entertain a ‘Netflix tax’ before an election?Opinion · Montreal Gazette · Jan 21, 2019
- Mintz: Would the Liberals dare entertain a ‘Netflix tax’ before an election?Opinion · Montreal Gazette · Jan 21, 2019
- Jack Mintz: Ottawa can’t keep squeezing Crazy Rich Canadians. Or barely rich ones.Opinion · Vancouver Sun · Jan 9, 2019
- Jack Mintz: Ottawa has options to help Alberta. It’s just choosing not toOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Dec 4, 2018
- Jack Mintz: The Liberals ignored my carbon-tax plan. Theirs is much worseOpinion · Calgary Herald · Oct 24, 2018
- Opinion: The Liberals ignored my carbon-tax plan. Theirs is much worseOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Oct 24, 2018
- Jack Mintz: The Liberals ignored my carbon-tax plan. Theirs is much worseOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Oct 24, 2018
- Jack Mintz: The Liberals ignored my carbon-tax plan. Theirs is much worseOpinion · Calgary Herald · Oct 24, 2018
- Jack Mintz: End the denial and admit it: Canada has a competitiveness problemOpinion · Calgary Herald · May 8, 2018
- Jack Mintz: Sorry, Ontarians. Wynne’s wage hike is going to penalize you allOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jan 9, 2018
- Canada’s Catalonia? Careful Ottawa, western alienation is beginning to rear its head againOpinion · Calgary Herald · Oct 12, 2017
- Trump's tax bombshell is going to blow up Canada's competitivenessOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Sep 28, 2017
- Trump's tax bombshell is going to blow up Canada's competitivenessOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Sep 28, 2017
- Trump's tax bombshell is going to blow up Canada's competitivenessOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Sep 28, 2017
- Mintz: Preventing urban sprawl could push up house pricesOpinion · Calgary Herald · May 13, 2014
- Mintz: How will city candidates pay for their promises?Opinion · Calgary Herald · Sep 21, 2013