Laura Jones

- Visiting Research Fellow
Laura Jones is a Visiting Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center and the Executive Vice-President and Chief Strategic Officer of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB). CFIB is a non-profit association that advocates for 109,000 independent businesses in Canada on topics of importance to them, including taxes and regulation.
Jones has been providing advice to Canadian governments on effective regulatory reform for more than a decade, serving on a number of advisory committees including the Red Tape Advisory Committee for the government of Canada. She has also authored a number of studies estimating the cost and impact of regulation, including studies for the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Mercatus Center and CFIB. She created Canada’s annual Red Tape Awareness Week, a successful initiative to focus government attention on the red tape problem.
Jones is currently on the board of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute and CFIB. Before her work with CFIB, Jones taught economics at the British Columbia Institute of Technology and worked at a well-known Canadian think tank, the Fraser Institute.
Jones received her B.A. in Economics from Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts, and her M.A. in Economics from Simon Fraser University. She lives in Vancouver with her husband and three spirited children.
Publications & Appearances
- | Regulation Regulation
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Red tape report card: Study shows modest but encouraging progress in reducing regulations across Canada
Laura Jones and Patrick McLaughlin report on the state of regulatory restrictions in Canada.
Read it at the Financial Post.
- | Regulation Regulation
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
A Snapshot of Regulatory Restrictions in the Great Lakes Region
- | Regulation Regulation
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
We Must Shine the Spotlight on Regulation
Laura Jones and Patrick McLaughlin write on the effects of economic regulations in Canada.
Read it at The Globe and Mail.
- | Regulation Regulation
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
RegData Canada: A Snapshot of Regulatory Restrictions in Canada’s Provinces
- | Regulation Regulation
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
President Trump's Regulatory Reform Efforts
Note: The roundtable begins at the 4:10 mark.
A little over a year and a half ago, President Trump issued his seventh Executive…
- | Regulation Regulation
- | Federal Testimonies Federal Testimonies
Lessons from the British Columbia Model of Regulatory Reform
- | Regulation Regulation
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Trump’s Regulatory Reforms Need a Phase Two
Here’s a billion-dollar question: Will President Trump’s attempt to reduce federal regulation succeed where so many others have…
- | Regulation Regulation
- | Research Papers Research Papers
Effective Regulatory Reform
- | Regulation Regulation
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
Here's to Win-Win Regulatory Reform!
The word “regulation” can be a pretty loaded one in the world of public policy. To some, it means health and safety protections…
- | Regulation Regulation
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary