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Deficits & Debt Commentary Archive

Ford should get serious about Ontario's deficit
By Ben Eisen | July 11, 2018
What can Doug Ford learn from Jean Chretien?
By Ben Eisen | July 5, 2018
Equalization is not to blame—Alberta is
By Ben Eisen, Steve Lafleur | June 26, 2018
Deficit spending not a free lunch—it’s a bill to future taxpayers
By Charles Lammam, Hugh MacIntyre | June 12, 2018
Interest on Alberta government debt is skyrocketing
By Steve Lafleur, Ben Eisen | June 12, 2018
Will Ontario’s new government deal with our debt problem?
By Ben Eisen | June 6, 2018
Most of Ontario’s new debt due to day-to-day spending
By Ben Eisen, Charles Lammam | April 18, 2018
Ontario now adding debt even faster than before
By Ben Eisen | April 4, 2018
Alberta’s Rae Days—the 2018 budget shows Rachel is just like Bob
By Ben Eisen, Steve Lafleur | April 4, 2018
Trudeau government can keep campaign promise with relatively small spending cut
By Charles Lammam, Hugh MacIntyre | February 26, 2018
Prime Minister Trudeau on track to set record for increasing federal debt
By Charles Lammam, Hugh MacIntyre | October 26, 2017
Wynne government places big bet on revenue growth
By Ben Eisen | August 23, 2017
Why is Ontario’s debt burden shrinking so slowly?
By Ben Eisen, Charles Lammam | August 15, 2017
Wynne government could take a few pointers from Liberal brethren in Quebec
By Charles Lammam, Hugh MacIntyre, Ben Eisen | August 15, 2017
How public debt begets public debt in Ontario
By Ben Eisen | August 2, 2017
Debt becoming the new normal in Alberta
By Ben Eisen, Steve Lafleur | July 25, 2017
Concerns over household debt in Canada are overblown
By Livio Di Matteo | July 18, 2017
Quebec now more creditworthy than Ontario
By Ben Eisen, David Watson | June 26, 2017
Higher taxes, less competitive economy potentially on the way for British Columbia
By Niels Veldhuis, Charles Lammam | June 20, 2017
NDP must clarify how it will pay for deal with Greens
By Charles Lammam, Hugh MacIntyre | June 19, 2017
Alberta’s run of deficits tower over Ontario’s worst
By Ben Eisen, Steve Lafleur | May 30, 2017
Show us the plan, Minister Ceci
By Steve Lafleur, Ben Eisen | May 15, 2017
Growth in government debt in Ontario hasn’t stopped—in fact, it hasn’t even slowed
By Ben Eisen, Charles Lammam | May 3, 2017
Ontario’s budget opens the spending tap, drowns Ontarians in more debt
By Ben Eisen, Charles Lammam | April 28, 2017
Reality check—Ontario’s finances remain dire despite a balanced budget
By Ben Eisen, Charles Lammam | April 26, 2017