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Alberta’s government debt was unsustainable—before COVID
By Tegan Hill, Ben Eisen | November 12, 2020
Alberta should better align government-sector compensation with the private sector
By Tegan Hill | November 12, 2020
High spending and persistent deficits have driven Alberta’s government debt problem
By Tegan Hill, Milagros Palacios | October 28, 2020
Plastics ban one more blow to Alberta’s energy sector
By Tegan Hill, Elmira Aliakbari | October 16, 2020
Throne speech brings bigger government, more fiscal challenges
By Jake Fuss, Tegan Hill | September 23, 2020
Guaranteed annual income program would guarantee big tax changes
By Tegan Hill, Jake Fuss | September 23, 2020
Guaranteed annual income—the challenges of implementation
By Jake Fuss, Tegan Hill | September 18, 2020
Illustrating the Tax Implications of a Guaranteed Annual Income
By Tegan Hill, Milagros Palacios, Ben Eisen | September 17, 2020
Green recovery plan ignores practical limitations of government
By Tegan Hill, Jake Fuss, Jason Clemens | September 10, 2020
Trudeau floats false rhetoric on ‘new’ taxes
By Tegan Hill, Jake Fuss | September 3, 2020
Massive budget deficit means Kenney government must further reduce spending
By Tegan Hill, Steve Lafleur | August 28, 2020
Alberta’s historic budget deficit underscores daunting fiscal challenges
By Tegan Hill | August 27, 2020
Big Apple exodus underscores Canada’s uncompetitive personal income tax rates
By Tegan Hill, Jake Fuss | August 26, 2020
Kenney government must continue move towards balanced budget
By Tegan Hill, Ben Eisen | August 12, 2020
Minister McKenna should re-consider plans for stimulus
By Jake Fuss, Tegan Hill | August 7, 2020
To avoid fiscal crisis, Trudeau government must learn from history
By Tegan Hill, Milagros Palacios | August 5, 2020
Premier Ford should look west for tax advice
By Ben Eisen, Tegan Hill | July 30, 2020
McNeil government should reduce income tax rates to spur Nova Scotia’s COVID recovery
By Alex Whalen, Tegan Hill | July 30, 2020
Any credible plan to fix federal finances must address pre-COVID spending
By Tegan Hill | July 22, 2020
The finance minister said what? Part 5
By Tegan Hill, Jake Fuss | July 9, 2020
Trudeau government should target high tax rates during COVID recovery and beyond
By Tegan Hill, Ben Eisen | July 8, 2020
Kenney must target Alberta’s income tax problem during COVID recovery
By Tegan Hill, Ben Eisen | July 8, 2020
COVID-19 isn’t the only reason for our mega-deficit
By Jason Clemens, Tegan Hill, Milagros Palacios | July 8, 2020
Canada’s Rising Personal Tax Rates and Falling Tax Competitiveness, 2020
By Tegan Hill, Nathaniel Li, Milagros Palacios | July 7, 2020
Trudeau tax hikes would do more harm than good
By Jake Fuss, Tegan Hill | July 7, 2020
Explaining the Growth in Federal Program Spending since 2015
By Tegan Hill, Nathaniel Li, Milagros Palacios, Jason Clemens | June 30, 2020
Atlantic Canadians rely on programs that rely on Albertans
By Alex Whalen, Tegan Hill | June 25, 2020
Stimulus spending will likely harm Canadian economy—not help it
By Jake Fuss, Tegan Hill, Alex Whalen | June 25, 2020
Is Fiscal Stimulus an Effective Policy Response to a Recession? Reviewing the Existing Research
By Jake Fuss, Alex Whalen, Tegan Hill | June 25, 2020
Alberta’s outsized role in Canada matters for all Canadians
By Tegan Hill, Jason Clemens | June 23, 2020
Canada’s stabilization program overdue for a rethink
By Ben Eisen, Tegan Hill | June 19, 2020
Equalization is broken and needs fixing now
By Ben Eisen, Tegan Hill, Steve Lafleur | June 18, 2020
Equalization and Stabilization Post-Recession: Is Canada Ready?
By Ben Eisen, Joel Emes, Steve Lafleur, Tegan Hill | June 18, 2020
Salaries and benefits often account for more than half of all provincial government spending
By Tegan Hill, Alex Whalen, Ben Eisen | June 11, 2020
Provinces in Atlantic Canada must align government compensation with private sector
By Alex Whalen, Niels Veldhuis, Tegan Hill | June 9, 2020
Stimulus didn’t work in 2009—don’t expect it to kick-start the economy now
By Niels Veldhuis, Tegan Hill | June 8, 2020
Trudeau government smashes spending record, must right country’s fiscal ship
By Jason Clemens, Tegan Hill, Milagros Palacios | May 27, 2020
Prime Ministers and Government Spending: Updated 2020 Edition
By Tegan Hill, Nathaniel Li, Milagros Palacios, Jason Clemens | May 26, 2020
Deferring Federal Taxes: Illustrating the Deficit Using the GST
By Tegan Hill, Milagros Palacios, Jason Clemens | May 26, 2020
Alberta must target government wages, benefits in post-COVID world
By Tegan Hill, Niels Veldhuis, Alex Whalen | May 20, 2020
Trudeau government must restore Canada’s tax competitiveness—now more than ever
By Tegan Hill, Jake Fuss | May 19, 2020
Ottawa must remove disincentives to return to work
By Tegan Hill, Jason Clemens | May 14, 2020
Ontario must align government compensation with private sector
By Tegan Hill, Niels Veldhuis, Alex Whalen | May 11, 2020
The disproportionate pain of economic “shutdowns” by government
By Tegan Hill, Niels Veldhuis | May 8, 2020
Why differences between government and markets matters today—Public Choice in action, Part 2
By Jason Clemens, Niels Veldhuis, Alex Whalen, Tegan Hill | April 16, 2020
Understanding the differences between government and markets—Public Choice in action, Part 1
By Jason Clemens, Niels Veldhuis, Alex Whalen, Tegan Hill | April 14, 2020
History of government difficulty in writing cheques to Canadians
By Alex Whalen, Tegan Hill, Jason Clemens | April 3, 2020
Revisions to ‘wage subsidy’ program leave many questions unanswered
By Niels Veldhuis, Jason Clemens, Tegan Hill | April 1, 2020
Ottawa’s ‘Emergency Response Benefit’ leaves many unanswered questions
By Tegan Hill, Milagros Palacios, Alex Whalen | March 27, 2020
Kenney government squanders opportunity to strengthen path to balanced budget
By Tegan Hill, Milagros Palacios, Ben Eisen | March 9, 2020