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Deficits & Debt Commentary Archive

New Brunswick budget tackles debt but eschews meaningful tax relief
By Jake Fuss, Alex Whalen | March 16, 2020
Alberta careening towards fiscal disaster
By Ben Eisen, Steve Lafleur | March 11, 2020
Policymakers across Canada should study Michigan’s success
By Robert P. Murphy | March 11, 2020
Trudeau government rejects almost every principle of historic 1995 Liberal budget
By Jason Clemens, Niels Veldhuis | March 6, 2020
Kenney buys another ticket for the resource roller-coaster
By Ben Eisen, Steve Lafleur | March 3, 2020
Alberta on track to balance budget—but significant fiscal challenges remain
By Jake Fuss, Tegan Hill, Milagros Palacios | February 29, 2020
Kenney government faces more hard choices with second budget
By Ben Eisen, Tegan Hill | February 26, 2020
Canadians paying dearly for government debt in Canada
By Jake Fuss, Milagros Palacios | February 20, 2020
Morneau doubles down on deficit-spending plans
By Tegan Hill, Milagros Palacios | February 6, 2020
Government debt-interest payments already hurting Albertans
By Ben Eisen | February 6, 2020
Trudeau sets another record—and not in a good way
By Tegan Hill, Jake Fuss | February 5, 2020
At this rate, Alberta’s debt could look like Ontario’s in a decade
By Steve Lafleur, Jake Fuss | February 4, 2020
Controlling government-sector salaries key to Kenney’s deficit-reduction plans
By Ben Eisen | January 30, 2020
Morneau seems uninterested in perilous state of federal finances
By Jason Clemens, Jake Fuss, Milagros Palacios | January 27, 2020
Ontarians shoulder provincial government debt—and big chunk of federal debt
By Ben Eisen, Jake Fuss | January 27, 2020
Complacency about Alberta’s debt is a dangerous mistake
By Ben Eisen | January 23, 2020
Ottawa and the provinces have a big debt problem
By Jake Fuss, Milagros Palacios | January 16, 2020
Ford government’s upcoming second budget should include real fiscal reform
By Ben Eisen | January 15, 2020
More bad news for federal finances—even worse if recession hits
By Tegan Hill, Jake Fuss | January 10, 2020
Ford government must get serious about reducing government debt
By Ben Eisen | January 8, 2020
Painful decade for Alberta finances finally over
By Steve Lafleur | January 8, 2020
Federal government making up fiscal rules on the fly
By Alex Whalen, Jake Fuss | January 7, 2020
Say goodbye to Ontario’s ‘lost decade’ of debt and economic pain
By Ben Eisen | December 18, 2019
Spending reductions in the 1990s dwarf Kenney’s budget plans
By Ben Eisen, Tegan Hill | December 12, 2019
Controlling government wages crucial to Ford’s deficit-reduction plan
By Ben Eisen | December 11, 2019