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Government Spending Commentary Archive

Freeland and Trudeau face fiscal test with upcoming federal budget
By Jason Clemens, Jake Fuss, Milagros Palacios | March 11, 2022
Ontario government doles out corporate welfare
By Matthew Lau | March 9, 2022
Ottawa’s spending problem predates COVID
By Tegan Hill, Jake Fuss | March 2, 2022
Unexpected influx of revenue does not give provinces licence to spend
By Jake Fuss | February 23, 2022
Federal government wants to make CBC News commercial free
By Lydia Miljan | February 8, 2022
Ottawa can promote national unity with two key reforms
By Ben Eisen | January 5, 2022
Year-end facts about the federal government’s performance in 2021
By Niels Veldhuis | December 31, 2021
Ottawa’s spending spree comes with huge costs
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios, Jake Fuss | December 17, 2021
Equalization ‘overpayments’ will keep growing
By Ben Eisen | December 16, 2021
Trudeau government ignores dreary economic numbers
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios, Niels Veldhuis | December 9, 2021
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
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
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
Government growth ultimately hits Canadians in the wallet
By Steven Globerman | August 5, 2021