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  2. Government Spending & Taxes Commentary Archive

Government Spending & Taxes Commentary Archive

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
Canada’s carbon tax hampers key industries, may spur ‘carbon leakage’
By Ross McKitrick, Elmira Aliakbari, Ashley Stedman | August 22, 2019
Texas towers over Alberta post-price drop
By Kenneth P. Green | August 22, 2019
Trudeau government spending has increased risk of trouble if recession hits
By Jason Clemens, Tegan Hill, Milagros Palacios | August 21, 2019
Ottawa’s appetite for spending continues to grow
By Jake Fuss, Milagros Palacios | August 20, 2019
Climate policy—results more important than rhetoric
By Robert P. Murphy | August 16, 2019
Average family tax bill keeps growing and growing and growing
By Jake Fuss, Milagros Palacios | August 7, 2019
Canadians must understand cost of Ottawa’s programs
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios | August 6, 2019
Despite court victories, carbon pricing hardly out of the woods
By Finn Poschmann | July 29, 2019
Aussie tax cuts further erode Canadian competitiveness
By Tegan Hill, Jason Clemens | July 18, 2019
Family tax bill—and anxiety—rising in Canada
By Jake Fuss, Finn Poschmann | July 17, 2019
Ford government should kill ‘temporary’ tax hikes
By Ben Eisen | July 11, 2019
Alberta’s smaller than anticipated deficit shouldn’t lead to complacency
By Steve Lafleur | July 10, 2019
No Minister Taylor, Canada can’t offer Kawhi ‘free’ health care
By Ben Eisen | July 8, 2019
Alberta should learn from folly of federal tax increase
By Finn Poschmann | July 4, 2019
Trudeau government continues to spread misinformation about middle-class tax burden
By Jason Clemens, Jake Fuss, Tegan Hill | July 3, 2019
Ford’s former finance minister proffers sound advice for his successor
By Ben Eisen | July 2, 2019
Memo to Prime Minister Trudeau—you increased the tax burden on Canadian families
By Jake Fuss, Milagros Palacios | June 25, 2019
Calgary’s overreliance on business tax revenue forces city hall’s hand
By Josef Filipowicz, Steve Lafleur | June 24, 2019
Fiscal headwinds heighten need for spending reductions in Ontario
By Ben Eisen | June 21, 2019
Scheer moves closer to Trudeau, further way from sound fiscal policy
By Jason Clemens, Jake Fuss, Tegan Hill | June 20, 2019
Kenney government can learn deficit-reduction dos and don’ts from Canadian history
By Ben Eisen | June 19, 2019
June 14 is Tax Freedom Day in Canada—but don’t pop the champagne yet
By Jake Fuss, Milagros Palacios | June 14, 2019
Deeply flawed ‘soda tax’ rife with unintended consequences
By Ashley Stedman, Jake Fuss | June 14, 2019