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Government Spending Commentary Archive

Federal finances remain vulnerable to fluctuating interest rates
By Alex Whalen, Milagros Palacios | August 20, 2020
Policymakers must ditch their fashionable green recovery plans
By Ross McKitrick | August 20, 2020
Kenney government should learn from past deficit-reduction plans
By Ben Eisen | August 12, 2020
Unemployment spike may trigger rethink of EI program in Atlantic Canada and beyond
By Alex Whalen, Fred McMahon | August 6, 2020
COVID underscores problems with government intervention
By Livio Di Matteo | August 5, 2020
History is clear—the Trudeau government needs to change direction
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios, Niels Veldhuis | July 31, 2020
Trudeau government must rein in compensation for government workers
By Jake Fuss, Alex Whalen | July 24, 2020
Young people living with their parents could receive $11.8 billion from CERB
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios, Nathaniel Li | July 16, 2020
P.E.I.’s massive budget deficit could grow much larger
By Alex Whalen, Jake Fuss | July 14, 2020
Trudeau government’s fiscal ‘snapshot’ doubles down on uncertainty
By Niels Veldhuis, Milagros Palacios | July 10, 2020
COVID-19 isn’t the only reason for our mega-deficit
By Jason Clemens, Tegan Hill, Milagros Palacios | July 8, 2020
Trudeau government should provide fiscal projections to Canadians
By Jason Clemens, Jake Fuss | July 2, 2020
Ottawa wants companies to commit to net-zero emissions—without any details
By Ashley Stedman, Elmira Aliakbari | July 1, 2020
Stimulus spending will likely harm Canadian economy—not help it
By Jake Fuss, Tegan Hill, Alex Whalen | June 25, 2020
Overly generous EI system could cause problems long after CERB winds down
By Fred McMahon | June 25, 2020
Alberta’s outsized role in Canada matters for all Canadians
By Tegan Hill, Jason Clemens | June 23, 2020
‘Fair Deal’ panel right to consider Alberta withdrawal from CPP
By Niels Veldhuis, Alex Whalen | June 19, 2020
Equalization is broken and needs fixing now
By Ben Eisen, Tegan Hill, Steve Lafleur | June 18, 2020
Trudeau government should cut strings on Ottawa’s ‘re-opening’ support
By Ben Eisen | June 17, 2020
McNeil government faces debt tidal wave
By Jake Fuss, Alex Whalen | June 11, 2020
Stimulus didn’t work in 2009—don’t expect it to kick-start the economy now
By Niels Veldhuis, Tegan Hill | June 8, 2020
Trudeau government smashes spending record, must right country’s fiscal ship
By Jason Clemens, Tegan Hill, Milagros Palacios | May 27, 2020
Large deficit looms for B.C. and the Horgan government
By Jake Fuss, Milagros Palacios | May 14, 2020
Provincial finances go topsy-turvy from Ontario to B.C.
By Ben Eisen | May 14, 2020
Mounting government debt threatens Alberta’s fiscal status among provinces
By Ben Eisen, Steve Lafleur | May 5, 2020