William Watson More

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Recent work

• Opinion: Canada's income tax has grown too costly and complexOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Apr 7, 2017
• Watson: CBC is now doing opinion. We’re shocked, shocked!Opinion · Ottawa Citizen · Nov 20, 2016
• Watson: Trump’s gift to Canada could be 17 new provincesOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Nov 13, 2016
• Watson: Let's all hope for a wide victory margin for ClintonOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Nov 7, 2016
• Watson: Canada, land of liberty? Huh?Opinion · Ottawa Citizen · Oct 30, 2016
• Watson: To make Canada grow, steal even more brains from abroadOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Oct 23, 2016
• Watson: The Liberal government's economic report card – a partly sunny yearOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Oct 16, 2016
• Watson: Trump's 'locker room' talk? Not anywhere I've beenOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Oct 10, 2016
• Watson: Caution – whatever you say may be politically incorrectOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Oct 2, 2016
• Watson: The glory of golf, from Arnold Palmer to todayOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Sep 25, 2016
• Watson: All Canadians are stuck with Justin Trudeau's socks. SighOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Sep 18, 2016
• Watson: Clinton's pneumonia and the New Donald TrumpOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Sep 11, 2016
• Watson: How should we tax people's good fortune?Opinion · Ottawa Citizen · Aug 28, 2016
• Watson: Every Canadian is a millionaireOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Aug 21, 2016
• Watson: Is Trudeau muscular enough on openness?Opinion · Ottawa Citizen · Aug 14, 2016
• Watson: When the weather forecast predicts a flood of millimetres, should I be worried?Opinion · Ottawa Citizen · Aug 7, 2016
• Watson: Neo-liberal guilt is the new liberal guiltOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jul 24, 2016
• Watson: Yes, Parliament used to be better than thisOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jul 17, 2016
• Watson: Why inequality isn't always badOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jul 17, 2016
• Watson: Some good news out of the United StatesOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jul 10, 2016
• Watson: Why Donald Trump is the losers' candidateOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jul 3, 2016
• Watson: Forget Brexit. Euro 2016 tells us globalization is alive and wellOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jun 26, 2016
• Watson: Is Brexit worth the risk?Opinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jun 19, 2016
• Watson: Think 'thy sons' is the biggest problem with O Canada? Think again.Opinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jun 12, 2016
• Watson: Welcome to a world where we can't tell the identities without a programOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jun 5, 2016
• Watson: What do 'women’s jobs' actually pay?Opinion · Ottawa Citizen · May 29, 2016
• Watson: Kabuki in the CommonsOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · May 23, 2016
• Watson: Why taxi regulation is like OPECOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · May 15, 2016
• Watson: Why downward mobility can be a good thing for someOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · May 8, 2016
• Watson: What label would Trump give Trudeau?Opinion · Ottawa Citizen · May 2, 2016
• Watson: Competition is the antidote when we worry that the system is riggedOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Apr 24, 2016
• Watson: Sensible trade-off on Saudi arms saleOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Apr 17, 2016
• Watson: Tax 'em high and they'll take their earnings elsewhereOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Apr 10, 2016
• Watson: It all depends what you mean by 'fascist'Opinion · Ottawa Citizen · Apr 3, 2016
• Watson: The budget and the rich, before and after taxesOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Mar 27, 2016
• Watson: Name something in the budget that isn’t infrastructureOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Mar 22, 2016
• Watson: Yes, we’re back…and desperate to be liked againOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Mar 20, 2016
• Watson: The trouble with Trumponomics and trade deficitsOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Mar 14, 2016
• Watson: From Lincoln to Trump, then fade to blackOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Mar 6, 2016
• Watson: Guess how much you'll be giving BombardierOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Feb 14, 2016
• Watson: Through the negative-interest looking glassOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jan 31, 2016
• Watson: We’re resourceful and we’re OK. Really?Opinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jan 24, 2016
• Watson: Unlike 2008, this time our problems are realOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jan 17, 2016
• Watson: Political correctness is the problem, but Trump is not the solutionOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jan 10, 2016
• Watson: In 2016, governments should let the markets make some decisionsOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jan 3, 2016
• Watson: Inequality data not what you thinkOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Dec 20, 2015
• Watson: When it comes to climate change, make the boy scouts payOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Dec 13, 2015
• Watson: Throne speech still too partisanOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Dec 6, 2015
• Watson: Subsidizing silliness at universitiesOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Nov 29, 2015
• Watson: More things to do 'because it's 2015'Opinion · Ottawa Citizen · Nov 22, 2015
• Watson: You shouldn’t need a licence for thatOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Nov 15, 2015
• Watson: Liberals will need someone who can say 'no!'Opinion · Ottawa Citizen · Nov 8, 2015
• Watson: A little Canadian modesty, pleaseOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Nov 1, 2015
• Watson: Leave 24 Sussex to reality TVOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Oct 25, 2015
• Watson: For our 150th, let’s forget about Canadian identityOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Oct 4, 2015
• Watson: 'Cheques to millionaires' are just fineOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Sep 13, 2015
• Watson: Small business good, big business badOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Aug 30, 2015
• Watson: Even fashion gets political in 2015Opinion · Ottawa Citizen · Aug 23, 2015
• Watson: Stephen Harper's Breaking Bad approach to economicsOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Aug 16, 2015
• Watson: The longer the campaign, the betterOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Aug 9, 2015