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Government Spending Commentary Archive

Subsidizing arenas means putting taxpayers in hock for decades, with zero benefit to the economy
By Niels Veldhuis, Mark Milke | September 16, 2010
Canada, Land of Smaller Government: Its corporate income tax rate is 18% and falling. America's is 35%
By Jason Clemens | August 9, 2010
Should governments pursue debt reduction or provide more stimulus spending to help right the economic ship? Spending reductions and balanced budgets are key
By Niels Veldhuis | July 20, 2010
Census too intrusive
By Niels Veldhuis, Charles Lammam | July 17, 2010
Talk is Cheap: Cut Spending to Eliminate the Deficit
By Niels Veldhuis, Charles Lammam | May 19, 2010
Task Force on Financial Literacy a waste of tax dollars
By Niels Veldhuis, Charles Lammam | April 27, 2010
Evidence is still missing
By Niels Veldhuis, Charles Lammam | April 7, 2010
With all due respect Mr. Harper, you are wrong. Stimulus spending doesn’t work
By Niels Veldhuis, Charles Lammam | March 30, 2010
The stimulus: It didn't work
By Niels Veldhuis, Charles Lammam | March 24, 2010
Governments' budget focus should have been on the investment climate
By Niels Veldhuis, Charles Lammam | March 23, 2010
Ontario government coming to terms with reality of health care funding
By Mark Rovere | March 13, 2010
You call that an austerity budget?
By Niels Veldhuis, Charles Lammam | March 6, 2010
Go for budget gold: Thursday’s budget is a chance for the Conservatives to end the wasteful stimulus, putting Canada back on track
By Niels Veldhuis, Charles Lammam | March 2, 2010
What should the federal government’s economic priorities be in its upcoming budget?
By Niels Veldhuis, Charles Lammam | February 16, 2010
Why B.C. needs a prosperity budget; Spending cuts and tax reduction are the key to a productive province in 2010, the Fraser Institute says
By Niels Veldhuis, Charles Lammam | February 8, 2010
The Burden of the Canada Post Monopoly
By Herbert Grubel | January 22, 2010
Stop the stimulus; With the Canadian economic recovery likely already underway, more stimulus could hurt the economy
By Niels Veldhuis, Milagros Palacios | October 8, 2009
BC’s big-spending, tax-increasing budget
By Niels Veldhuis, Charles Lammam, Charles Lammam | September 3, 2009
A more generous EI program will increase unemployment permanently
By Niels Veldhuis, Amela Karabegovic | July 9, 2009
U.S., Canada, go in opposite ways: As government swells in the States, it's shrinking somewhat up north
By Niels Veldhuis, Jason Clemens | June 22, 2009
Trim spending in light of growing BC deficit
By Niels Veldhuis, Charles Lammam | June 18, 2009
Stimulus Spending Will Stifle Recovery
By Niels Veldhuis | June 11, 2009
Canada's advantage; As Canada's experience in the 1990s showed, the path to economic growth lies in shrinking government, not growing it
By Niels Veldhuis, Jason Clemens | May 11, 2009
Pro-growth policies helped B.C. succeed
By Niels Veldhuis, Charles Lammam | April 28, 2009
Government energies need to be refocused on B.C.’s investment climate
By Niels Veldhuis | April 28, 2009