Archive - The Audit

Is Global Affairs Canada Wasting Your Tax Dollars Abroad?

It seems like forever since I last wrote about program spending at Global Affairs Canada (GAC).

Aug 20 •

From Stable Prisons to Skyrocketing Budgets: What's Really Happening at CSC?

Housing and handling Canada’s criminal offenders in federal detention facilities is expensive.

Aug 17 •

From Decline to Durability: Is the Traditional Family Bouncing Back?

I’ve written in the past about the economic and social benefits of strong families.

Aug 13 •

Is Government Policy Making You Poorer?

And who can we blame?

Aug 10 •

What Canada's Underground Economy Tells Us About Our Tax System

One way or another, we’ve all been exposed to the underground economy.

Aug 7 •

How Much Value Does Your Job Generate?

It was arguably the invention of the printing press that - in the Early Modern period -doomed countless powerful and wealthy monasteries whose primary…

Aug 4 •

July 2025

What's Hiding Inside Canada's Non-Profit Sector?

You’d be amazed how much money you can earn through a non-profit.

Jul 30 •

Understanding Systemic Unequal Treatment Before Canadian Criminal Courts

Equality before the law is a beautiful concept.

Jul 27 •

Escaping the Sinking Management Consulting Ship

At one point a couple of years back, my business was receiving near-daily contacts from digital marketing companies eager to sell me their valuable…

Jul 20 •

The State of Canadian Public Libraries

I have to begin with three important disclaimers:

Jul 16 •

Charity Campaigns vs. Charity Donations

Over the past few years, I’ve had canvassers coming to my home in Toronto on behalf of a wide range of non-profits - including hospitals and mental…

Jul 13 •

Cannabis Legalization Is Starting to Look Like a Really Dumb Idea

Back in March 2024, I wrote about some early indications that Canada’s legalization of cannabis was, on balance, causing more harm than good.

Jul 10 •

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