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Government Spending Commentary Archive

Controlling government-sector salaries key to Kenney’s deficit-reduction plans
By Ben Eisen | January 30, 2020
Union leaders want smaller classes, yet the evidence does not support their claims
By Ben Eisen | January 29, 2020
Morneau seems uninterested in perilous state of federal finances
By Jason Clemens, Jake Fuss, Milagros Palacios | 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
Federal spending reaches highest level in Canadian history
By Tegan Hill, Jake Fuss | January 15, 2020
Ford government’s upcoming second budget should include real fiscal reform
By Ben Eisen | January 15, 2020
Kenney government should reform health care to shorten wait times and save money
By Ben Eisen, Mackenzie Moir | January 10, 2020
More bad news for federal finances—even worse if recession hits
By Tegan Hill, Jake Fuss | January 10, 2020
Federal government making up fiscal rules on the fly
By Alex Whalen, Jake Fuss | January 7, 2020
New Brunswick’s high level of education spending produces relatively poor student performance
By Tegan Hill, Alex Whalen | December 30, 2019
Ontario spends more on education while student test scores decline
By Tegan Hill, Jason Clemens | December 17, 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
More money from Ottawa the wrong solution to Ontario’s fiscal challenges
By Ben Eisen | December 4, 2019
Canadians will pay for Trudeau government’s red ink
By Jake Fuss, Tegan Hill | November 20, 2019
Canada’s gloomy economic outlook may put federal finances at risk
By Tegan Hill, Jake Fuss, Jason Clemens | November 18, 2019
Premier Ford should look west for deficit-reduction strategy
By Ben Eisen | October 31, 2019
Alberta could pull policy levers that would spread the pain
By Niels Veldhuis, Jason Clemens | October 25, 2019
Alberta’s era of fiscal complacency is over
By Steve Lafleur, Ben Eisen | October 25, 2019
To balance the budget, Alberta must ditch it’s big-spending ways
By Ben Eisen | October 17, 2019
More spending doesn’t equal better results in government-run schools
By Ben Eisen | October 16, 2019
Spending cuts—not tax hikes—to balance Alberta’s budget
By Ben Eisen, Steve Lafleur | October 9, 2019
Next prime minister must consider risks of potential recession
By Jake Fuss, Milagros Palacios | October 7, 2019
Candidates ignore federal budget on campaign trail
By Tegan Hill, Jake Fuss | September 30, 2019