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Government Spending Commentary Archive

Alberta government spent more than $22 billion on corporate welfare
By Tegan Hill, Joel Emes | March 16, 2023
Ontario government spent more than $70 billion on corporate welfare
By Tegan Hill, Joel Emes | March 15, 2023
Saskatchewan government’s upcoming budget should heed lessons from history
By Jason Childs, Tegan Hill | March 3, 2023
Ottawa destroying child-care market
By Matthew Lau | March 1, 2023
CRA finds more mismanagement with Ottawa’s COVID response
By Tegan Hill, Jake Fuss | February 27, 2023
Federal government’s ‘consultation’ thinly-veiled prescription for more spending
By Matthew Lau | January 19, 2023
Union president ignores facts about government spending in P.E.I.
By Jake Fuss, Alex Whalen | December 29, 2022
AG confirms billions in COVID spending was poorly targeted—continuing a troubling trend
By Jake Fuss | December 15, 2022
Government failure not unique to Trudeau government
By Jason Clemens, Jake Fuss | December 14, 2022
Federal government doubles GST credit and doubles down on poorly targeted spending
By Jason Clemens, Nathaniel Li, Milagros Palacios | November 30, 2022
New Brunswick Premier Higgs tops among peers on spending and tax policy
By Jake Fuss, Alex Whalen | November 17, 2022
P.E.I. should follow New Brunswick’s lead on fiscal policy
By Alex Whalen, Jake Fuss | November 17, 2022
Ottawa can help tame inflation—here’s how
By Jock Finlayson | November 16, 2022
Federal government used pandemic to engineer long-term spending increase
By Livio Di Matteo | November 7, 2022
Newfoundland and Labrador’s ‘Future Fund’ needs robust fiscal rules
By Alex Whalen, Tegan Hill | November 3, 2022
The fiscal cost of debt-financed government spending
By Bev Dahlby, Ergete Ferede | October 21, 2022
New Brunswick government should reduce spending to solidify provincial finances
By Ben Eisen, Alex Whalen | August 25, 2022
Canadians bear burden of higher spending by federal government
By Jason Clemens, Jake Fuss, Milagros Palacios | August 25, 2022
Ottawa now underreports true level of spending
By Jason Clemens, Jake Fuss, Milagros Palacios | August 24, 2022
Ontario’s finances are unsustainable
By Ben Eisen, Jake Fuss | August 12, 2022
Government spending—there’s no such thing as a free lunch
By Jason Clemens, Jake Fuss | August 11, 2022
Ottawa’s zeal for centralization will cost Canadians dearly
By Jason Clemens, Jake Fuss | July 27, 2022
Support for new federal programs collapses when Canadians have to pay for them
By Jake Fuss, Jason Clemens | May 30, 2022
No end in sight for government spending spree across Canada
By Jake Fuss | May 12, 2022
Scant support for Ottawa’s big plans—if they include tax hikes
By Jake Fuss, Jason Clemens | May 3, 2022