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Government Spending & Taxes Commentary Archive

Provinces face precarious fiscal positions—even post-pandemic
By Jake Fuss | December 2, 2021
Modest fiscal rules could have saved billions in federal spending
By Livio Di Matteo | November 19, 2021
Ottawa should rethink costly, poorly targeted Canada Child Benefit
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios, Steven Globerman | November 4, 2021
Alberta’s ‘yes’ vote on equalization only first step to fix larger broken system
By Tegan Hill, Niels Veldhuis | November 3, 2021
Canada must improve tax competitiveness during COVID recovery
By Jake Fuss, Ben Eisen | November 3, 2021
Wealth tax would make Canada’s bad situation even worse
By Jason Clemens, Jake Fuss | October 7, 2021
Canadians should be wary about ‘fair share’ tax rhetoric
By Jake Fuss | October 6, 2021
Alberta and Saskatchewan need new rules to save revenue
By Tegan Hill, Jason Clemens | September 29, 2021
The real election losers—balance sheet, health care, federalism
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios, Niels Veldhuis | September 28, 2021
Despite smaller projected budget deficit, Albertans can’t afford to discount province’s fiscal challenges
By Tegan Hill | September 22, 2021
Next prime minister should cut spending to help the poor
By Matthew Lau | September 17, 2021
Next prime minister should eschew interventionist ‘industrial policy’
By Matthew Lau | September 15, 2021
Spending on public schools increases across Canada while student results decline
By Paige MacPherson | September 15, 2021
The expensive truth about a universal basic income
By Tegan Hill, Jake Fuss | September 10, 2021
New fiscal rules could help stabilize Newfoundland and Labrador’s finances
By Tegan Hill, Alex Whalen | September 8, 2021
Taxes remain largest expense for Canadian families
By Jake Fuss | September 8, 2021
Both frontrunning parties muddy their spending plans
By Jake Fuss, Jason Clemens | September 2, 2021
Saskatchewan should establish new strict rules to save resource revenue
By Tegan Hill, Jason Clemens | September 1, 2021
Ottawa’s ballooning debt and deficits should be major campaign issue
By Jason Clemens, Jake Fuss | August 25, 2021
It’s official—Canada’s finances are now unsustainable
By Ben Eisen | August 25, 2021
‘Fair share’ debate long on rhetoric, low on facts
By Jake Fuss, Tegan Hill | August 17, 2021
Canadians should watch out for opaque tax hikes
By Tegan Hill, Jake Fuss | August 11, 2021
New Brunswick government finances remain unsustainable
By Alex Whalen, Jake Fuss | August 9, 2021
Wealth tax wouldn’t work the way Ottawa wants
By Philip Cross | August 6, 2021
Government growth ultimately hits Canadians in the wallet
By Steven Globerman | August 5, 2021