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Government Spending Commentary Archive

Prime minister’s threat to grocery chains won’t solve food price problem
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios | September 21, 2023
Government spending doesn’t buy happiness
By Matthew Lau | September 6, 2023
Ottawa and Washington wasted many billions during COVID
By Jake Fuss, Tegan Hill | August 27, 2023
Governments across Canada are spending us into economic misery
By Matthew Lau | August 7, 2023
No, you won’t tame inflation with more government spending
By Philip Cross | July 18, 2023
Liberals, Tories and NDP—they all love corporate welfare
By Tegan Hill | July 11, 2023
Canada can’t meet NATO spending target without serious fiscal consequences
By Jake Fuss | July 5, 2023
Taxpayers on the hook for more than $110 billion due to Ottawa’s COVID waste
By Tegan Hill, Jake Fuss | June 28, 2023
Provinces accept federal money at their peril
By Tegan Hill, Milagros Palacios | June 7, 2023
The ‘corporate welfare bums’ are back in business
By Tegan Hill, Matthew D. Mitchell | May 31, 2023
Here’s why governments should avoid tit-for-tat subsidy wars
By Steven Globerman | May 31, 2023
New Brunswick government should cut corporate welfare to generate tax relief
By Alex Whalen, Tegan Hill | May 24, 2023
Stellantis ‘deal’ underscores intrinsic problems with corporate welfare
By Tegan Hill, Matthew D. Mitchell | May 23, 2023
Federal government wreaking child-care havoc across Canada
By Matthew Lau | May 19, 2023
Federal government wants to renew flawed equalization formula
By Alex Whalen | May 17, 2023
Governments in Canada spent more than $350 billion on corporate welfare
By Tegan Hill, Joel Emes | May 3, 2023
Ottawa’s corporate welfare won’t spur economic growth
By Tegan Hill, Jason Clemens | May 3, 2023
Amid cost-of-living crisis, Nova Scotia’s government daycare failing families
By Paige MacPherson, Alex Whalen | April 24, 2023
Federal budget does not meet definition of ‘restraint’
By Matthew Lau | April 7, 2023
Corporate welfare for Michelin—another example of wrongheaded policy
By Tegan Hill, Alex Whalen | April 5, 2023
Federal budget ramps up corporate welfare—funded by taxpayers
By Tegan Hill, Joel Emes | March 31, 2023
Federal budget lacks much-needed vision for the economy
By Jake Fuss | March 29, 2023
Next week’s federal budget will answer critical questions about Canada’s future
By Jake Fuss | March 22, 2023
Federal government should stop spending spree in next week’s budget
By Matthew Lau | March 22, 2023
Newfoundland and Labrador government faces fundamental choice in upcoming budget
By Jake Fuss, Alex Whalen | March 21, 2023