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Government Spending Commentary Archive

Throne Speech portends big blow to Alberta’s investment climate
By Ben Eisen, Charles Lammam | June 19, 2015
Ontario vs. U.S. Rust Belt: No Excuse for Deficits
By Robert P. Murphy, Niels Veldhuis | June 18, 2015
Facts about Aboriginal funding in Canada
By Mark Milke | June 13, 2015
Ontario’s decade of spending decadence
By Mark Milke | June 5, 2015
Compensation for government employees in Canada should reflect private-sector norms
By Charles Lammam, Jason Clemens | June 4, 2015
Grasping Alberta's budget problems
By Mark Milke | May 23, 2015
The provinces are lousy at controlling spending
By Mark Milke | May 16, 2015
Why do we have more firefighters fighting fewer fires?
By Charles Lammam, Milagros Palacios | May 11, 2015
Some Alberta economic facts of life
By Mark Milke | May 9, 2015
Which path will Alberta’s NDP government take?
By Charles Lammam, Jason Clemens | May 8, 2015
Don’t define compassion by government spending
By Mark Milke | May 2, 2015
Conservatives’ economic vision for Canada is hardly conservative
By Niels Veldhuis, Charles Lammam | April 29, 2015
Government budgets are like volcanoes: It’s what underneath that counts
By Mark Milke | April 25, 2015
Ontario’s 2015 Budget: an exercise in wishful thinking
By Charles Lammam, Milagros Palacios | April 23, 2015
Federal budget lacks big picture thinking
By Charles Lammam, Milagros Palacios | April 21, 2015
The federal government doesn’t owe Ontario—or Alberta—more money
By Mark Milke | April 20, 2015
More compensation restraint would help ease Ontario’s budget troubles
By Charles Lammam, Hugh MacIntyre | April 9, 2015
The Texas Advantage over Alberta
By Mark Milke | April 4, 2015
How existing budgets could fund Metro Vancouver’s transit expansion plan
By Charles Lammam, Hugh MacIntyre | March 24, 2015
Cheer up, western prosperity will return
By Mark Milke | March 21, 2015
“Anti-tax” accusation based on silly and simplistic arguments
By Mark Milke, Charles Lammam | March 16, 2015
Alberta’s missed Heritage Fund opportunity
By Mark Milke | March 14, 2015
Budget 2015: Quebec’s twin fiscal challenges require bold action
By Charles Lammam, Hugh MacIntyre | March 6, 2015
Alberta tried tax hikes in the 1980s—they didn’t work
By Mark Milke | February 28, 2015
Western weakness won’t help Ontario’s budget woes
By Mark Milke | February 27, 2015