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  1. Government Spending & Taxes Commentary Archive
  2. Government Spending & Taxes Commentary Archive

Government Spending & Taxes Commentary Archive

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
Ontario should learn from Quebec’s debt reduction
By Ben Eisen | November 14, 2019
Another lesson from Alberta—reduce taxes on businesses
By Ben Eisen | November 6, 2019
Property tax imbalance erodes political accountability, discourages business investment
By Josef Filipowicz, Steven Globerman | October 31, 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
Property taxes hurting businesses—and communities—in the GTHA
By Josef Filipowicz | October 24, 2019
Kenney government should discard ‘wait and hope’ budget strategy
By Ben Eisen | October 23, 2019
Minority government may lead to dire electoral changes—here’s how
By Lydia Miljan | October 21, 2019
Candidates don’t really want Canadians to pay their ‘fair share’
By Jason Clemens, Tegan Hill, Jake Fuss | October 21, 2019
Next federal government should target corporate income taxes
By Tegan Hill, Ben Eisen, Milagros Palacios | October 17, 2019
To balance the budget, Alberta must ditch it’s big-spending ways
By Ben Eisen | October 17, 2019
Kenney shouldn’t dither—upcoming budget should be bullish on deficit, taxes
By Ben Eisen, Steve Lafleur | October 16, 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
Case for aggressive ‘climate’ policies much weaker than we’ve been led to believe
By Robert P. Murphy | October 3, 2019
Candidates ignore federal budget on campaign trail
By Tegan Hill, Jake Fuss | September 30, 2019
High marginal tax rates aren’t just for ‘the rich’
By Ben Eisen | September 25, 2019
How the Ford government can promote economic freedom in Ontario
By Ben Eisen | September 20, 2019
Low-income families in Canada hit hard by high effective tax rates
By Philip Bazel | September 17, 2019
Ford government remains Wynne-like with the deficit
By Ben Eisen | September 17, 2019
Media fuels Morneau’s state of denial
By Niels Veldhuis, Jason Clemens | September 6, 2019