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Kenney government must control spending to stop Alberta’s fiscal fall
By Ben Eisen, Milagros Palacios | December 17, 2020
Generosity in Canada and the United States: The 2020 Generosity Index
By Nathaniel Li, Milagros Palacios, Jake Fuss | December 15, 2020
Maritime provinces could soon see smaller slice of equalization pie
By Ben Eisen, Milagros Palacios | December 8, 2020
Trudeau government shows no interest in properly targeting assistance—despite deficits
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios | December 3, 2020
Policymakers must recognize shrinking gap between rich and poor provinces
By Ben Eisen, Milagros Palacios | December 3, 2020
Alberta ‘fiscal capacity’ plummeting, Kenney government must react
By Ben Eisen, Milagros Palacios | December 3, 2020
The Great Convergence: Measuring the Fiscal Capacity Gap Between “Have” and “Have-Not” Provinces
By Ben Eisen, Milagros Palacios | December 3, 2020
Trudeau government’s approach to federal finances anything but ‘prudent’
By Jason Clemens, Jake Fuss, Milagros Palacios | December 2, 2020
Canada moving quickly towards U.S.-style ‘spend now, pay later’ government
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios | November 5, 2020
Canada lags behind most industrialized countries on key economic, fiscal indicators
By Jason Clemens, Jake Fuss, Milagros Palacios | November 4, 2020
High spending and persistent deficits have driven Alberta’s government debt problem
By Tegan Hill, Milagros Palacios | October 28, 2020
Children of parents who receive CCB benefits today will ultimately pay for program
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios | October 28, 2020
Financing the Canada Child Benefit
By Milagros Palacios, Jason Clemens | October 27, 2020
Canada’s spending and deficits higher than comparable countries during pandemic
By Jake Fuss, Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios | October 26, 2020
Trudeau government should heed looming risks to federal finances
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios | October 23, 2020
Is the Canada Child Benefit Targeted to those Most in Need?
By Christopher A. Sarlo, Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios | October 6, 2020
Trudeau government must improve investment climate to ‘build back better’
By Niels Veldhuis, Milagros Palacios | September 29, 2020
Throne speech may offer fundamental choice to parents about Canada’s future
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios | September 22, 2020
Trudeau government eyeing massive new social programs
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios | September 17, 2020
How Much Could a Guaranteed Annual Income Cost?
By Jake Fuss, Milagros Palacios, Ben Eisen | September 17, 2020
Illustrating the Tax Implications of a Guaranteed Annual Income
By Tegan Hill, Milagros Palacios, Ben Eisen | September 17, 2020
Average Canadian family spends nearly $39,000 per year on taxes
By Jake Fuss, Milagros Palacios | September 3, 2020
Canadians should know how much we pay for health care
By Bacchus Barua, Milagros Palacios | September 3, 2020
Taxes versus the Necessities of Life: The Canadian Consumer Tax Index 2020 edition
By Milagros Palacios, Jake Fuss | September 1, 2020
Poor CERB targeting wastes billions
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios, Nathaniel Li | August 27, 2020
Federal Government Wasting Billions on Poorly Targeted Assistance
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios, Nathaniel Li, Niels Veldhuis | August 27, 2020
Trudeau government should pivot away from Morneau-era policies of weakness
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios | August 24, 2020
Federal finances remain vulnerable to fluctuating interest rates
By Alex Whalen, Milagros Palacios | August 20, 2020
The Price of Public Health Care Insurance, 2020
By Milagros Palacios, Bacchus Barua | August 20, 2020
Memo to Finance Minister Freeland—we have an investment crisis in Canada
By Niels Veldhuis, Milagros Palacios | August 19, 2020
To avoid fiscal crisis, Trudeau government must learn from history
By Tegan Hill, Milagros Palacios | August 5, 2020
History is clear—the Trudeau government needs to change direction
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios, Niels Veldhuis | July 31, 2020
Blog series part 2—Incomes, overall income economy grew more slowly under Liberals than before 2008-09 recession
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios, Niels Veldhuis | July 24, 2020
Blog series part 1—Trudeau government produced string of deficits, raised taxes on middle class
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios, Niels Veldhuis | July 23, 2020
Young people living with their parents could receive $11.8 billion from CERB
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios, Nathaniel Li | July 16, 2020
Distribution of CERB: Estimating the Number of Eligible Young People Living with Parents
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios, Nathaniel Li | July 16, 2020
Trudeau government’s fiscal ‘snapshot’ doubles down on uncertainty
By Niels Veldhuis, Milagros Palacios | July 10, 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
Explaining the Growth in Federal Program Spending since 2015
By Tegan Hill, Nathaniel Li, Milagros Palacios, Jason Clemens | June 30, 2020
Comparing Government and Private Sector Compensation in Canada, 2020
By Milagros Palacios, Nathaniel Li | June 11, 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
Tax Freedom Day came early this year—but there’s not much to celebrate
By Jake Fuss, Milagros Palacios | May 25, 2020
Trudeau government COVID assistance lacks proper targeting
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios | May 22, 2020
Tax Freedom Day: 2020 Report
By Milagros Palacios, Jake Fuss | May 19, 2020
Large deficit looms for B.C. and the Horgan government
By Jake Fuss, Milagros Palacios | May 14, 2020
Estimating the recessionary impact on B.C. finances: Part 2
By Jake Fuss, Milagros Palacios | May 11, 2020
Estimating the recessionary impact on B.C. finances—Part 1
By Jake Fuss, Milagros Palacios | May 7, 2020