Août 11, 2017 7:30AM

The Forgotten Middle: Public Debt in Manitoba

Tucked away in the middle of the country, Manitoba has managed to keep a low profile when it comes to its fiscal situation, but it hasn’t balanced a budget since 2009.

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Government Spending & Taxes

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Août 11, 2017 4:30AM

Alberta NDP government’s spending trajectory mirrors that of Bob Rae’s in Ontario

Ben Eisen, Charles Lammam, David Watson

From 2015/16 to the current fiscal year, program spending in Alberta will have increased by 11 per cent.

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Government Spending & Taxes

Étiquettes:

alberta budget, alberta government debt, alberta government spending, alberta government finances, alberta economy

Août 9, 2017 4:30AM

Uncertainty continues to plague Canada’s mining industry

Kenneth P. Green, Ashley Stedman

Ontario and B.C. dropped in our mining rankings.

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Natural Resources

Étiquettes:

canadian mining, mining survey, bc mining, barriers to mining, mining canada

Août 8, 2017 4:30AM

Obstacles to business investment in Ontario—high electricity prices

Ben Eisen, David Watson

Ontario electricity prices are significantly higher than they are in neighbouring Quebec.

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Let’s consider a unilateral ceasefire on aircraft subsidies

William Watson

Government support for national airplane producers can come at a great cost.

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Improving economy further weakens case for Trudeau’s deficits

Livio Di Matteo

The government’s plan for a strong middle class appears based on expanding spending on borrowed money.

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Government Spending & Taxes

Août 3, 2017 1:23PM

Alberta fuelled Canada’s post-recession economic growth

Steve Lafleur, David Watson

The province’s portion of national GDP growth eclipsed 42 per cent in both 2006 and 2012.

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Ontario debt—kicking the can down the road

Ben Eisen, Charles Lammam, David Watson

An economic slowdown or recession would make the Wynne government’s debt reduction plan much less likely.

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Government Spending & Taxes

Étiquettes:

kathleen wynne, charles sousa, ontario economy, ontario debt, debt to GDP ratio, taxpayers

Août 2, 2017 1:29PM

Canada’s health minister is right about one thing—there’s lots of work to do

Bacchus Barua

In the Commonwealth Fund’s rankings of health-care systems, Canada scored a dismal ninth out of 11 countries.

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Health Care

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Canada health care system, access to health care, universal access health care, cost of waiting for care, health care wait times, jane philpott, Justin Trudeau, canada health act, patients, doctors, canadian hospitals

Août 2, 2017 4:30AM

Ontario coal phase-out did not end ’smog days’

Kenneth P. Green, Ross McKitrick

Electricity prices in Toronto rose by 71 per cent between 2008 and 2016.

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Natural Resources

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coal-fired power plants, coal-fired electrical generation, coal, smog, Toronto, environment, ontario, air quality, air pollution

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The Forgotten Middle: Public Debt in Manitoba

Alberta NDP government’s spending trajectory mirrors that of Bob Rae’s in Ontario

Uncertainty continues to plague Canada’s mining industry

Obstacles to business investment in Ontario—high electricity prices

Let’s consider a unilateral ceasefire on aircraft subsidies

Improving economy further weakens case for Trudeau’s deficits

Alberta fuelled Canada’s post-recession economic growth

Ontario debt—kicking the can down the road

Canada’s health minister is right about one thing—there’s lots of work to do

Ontario coal phase-out did not end ’smog days’

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