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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
Kenney government fails to restore Alberta’s income tax advantage
By Ben Eisen, Tegan Hill | March 5, 2020
Trudeau government should learn from Chrétien-era tax relief
By Tegan Hill, Jake Fuss, Milagros Palacios | March 4, 2020
Alberta on track to balance budget—but significant fiscal challenges remain
By Jake Fuss, Tegan Hill, Milagros Palacios | February 29, 2020
Alberta budget includes relatively small spending reductions
By Tegan Hill, Milagros Palacios | February 27, 2020
Kenney government faces more hard choices with second budget
By Ben Eisen, Tegan Hill | February 26, 2020
Alberta’s Lost Advantage on Personal Income Tax Rates
By Ben Eisen, Tegan Hill | February 20, 2020
Morneau doubles down on deficit-spending plans
By Tegan Hill, Milagros Palacios | February 6, 2020
Trudeau sets another record—and not in a good way
By Tegan Hill, Jake Fuss | February 5, 2020
Examining Federal Debt in Canada by Prime Ministers Since Confederation, 2020
By Tegan Hill, Milagros Palacios, Jake Fuss | February 4, 2020
Quebec and B.C. spend less on education than other provinces—while outperforming most provinces
By Tegan Hill, Ben Eisen | January 16, 2020
Federal spending reaches highest level in Canadian history
By Tegan Hill, Jake Fuss | January 15, 2020
More bad news for federal finances—even worse if recession hits
By Tegan Hill, Jake Fuss | January 10, 2020
Prime Ministers and Government Spending: 2020 Edition
By Tegan Hill, Jake Fuss, Milagros Palacios | January 7, 2020
Trudeau government making wrong type of tax cuts
By Jason Clemens, Jake Fuss, Tegan Hill | January 6, 2020
Ottawa shouldn’t meddle in K-12 education
By Jason Clemens, Tegan Hill | January 6, 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
Education Spending in Public Schools in Canada: 2020 Edition
By Tegan Hill, Nathaniel Li, Joel Emes | December 12, 2019
Throne speech ignores realities of federal finances
By Jake Fuss, Tegan Hill | December 6, 2019
Alberta’s reform budget in perspective
By Tegan Hill, Milagros Palacios, Jason Clemens | December 6, 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
Why Is Equalization Still Growing?
By Ben Eisen, Steve Lafleur, Jake Fuss, Tegan Hill | October 31, 2019
Families with modest incomes face high marginal tax rates
By Jake Fuss, Milagros Palacios, Tegan Hill | October 24, 2019
Candidates don’t really want Canadians to pay their ‘fair share’
By Jason Clemens, Tegan Hill, Jake Fuss | October 21, 2019
Tax plans of federal parties range from bad to naive
By Jake Fuss, Tegan Hill, Jason Clemens | October 21, 2019
Next federal government should target corporate income taxes
By Tegan Hill, Ben Eisen, Milagros Palacios | October 17, 2019
Ontario should learn from Michigan reforms
By Ben Eisen, Tegan Hill | October 3, 2019
Candidates ignore federal budget on campaign trail
By Tegan Hill, Jake Fuss | September 30, 2019
The Power of Comprehensive Policy Reform: Lessons for Ontario from Michigan
By Ben Eisen, Tegan Hill | September 26, 2019
Canada’s federal finances at risk—repeating mistakes of the past
By Tegan Hill, Milagros Palacios | August 30, 2019
There’s a lot we can’t control—but we can control spending
By Jason Clemens, Tegan Hill, Milagros Palacios | August 26, 2019