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Scoring the economic performance of Canada’s last five prime ministers
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios, Niels Veldhuis | February 26, 2021
Trudeau’s pre-recession period marked by weak economic numbers
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios, Niels Veldhuis | February 16, 2021
Comparing pre-recession economic performance—Chrétien vs. Trudeau
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios, Niels Veldhuis | February 11, 2021
Rhetoric vs. reality—the Trudeau government’s dismal record on business investment
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios, Niels Veldhuis | February 11, 2021
Comparing Economic Performance in Five Pre-Recession Periods
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios, Niels Veldhuis | February 11, 2021
Higher capital gains tax would hurt Canada's economic recovery
By Jason Clemens, Alex Whalen, Joel Emes | February 4, 2021
Capital gains tax hike would be disastrous for economic recovery
By Alex Whalen, Jason Clemens | February 3, 2021
More spending on public schools not producing better results in Ontario
By Tegan Hill, Jason Clemens | January 28, 2021
Capital gains tax hike would hurt many Canadians—not just the rich
By Alex Whalen, Jason Clemens | January 21, 2021
To fulfill Trudeau’s latest fiscal promise, spring budget must chart path to budget balance
By Jason Clemens, Jake Fuss | January 19, 2021
Correcting Common Misunderstandings about Capital Gains Taxes
By Alex Whalen, Jason Clemens | January 19, 2021
Horgan government eyes labour law change that would further stifle investment in B.C.
By Jason Clemens, Alex Whalen, Milagros Palacios | January 18, 2021
Higher electricity costs disproportionality hurting southwestern Ontario
By Elmira Aliakbari, Jason Clemens | December 14, 2020
Higher federal carbon tax will imperil Canadian competitiveness
By Elmira Aliakbari, Jason Clemens | December 14, 2020
Trudeau government shows no interest in properly targeting assistance—despite deficits
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios | December 3, 2020
Trudeau government’s approach to federal finances anything but ‘prudent’
By Jason Clemens, Jake Fuss, Milagros Palacios | December 2, 2020
Trudeau government continues to dodge democratic accountability
By Jason Clemens, Jake Fuss | November 27, 2020
Size of government matters for economic growth
By Jason Clemens, Alex Whalen | November 6, 2020
Canada moving quickly towards U.S.-style ‘spend now, pay later’ government
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios | November 5, 2020
Canada lags behind most industrialized countries on key economic, fiscal indicators
By Jason Clemens, Jake Fuss, Milagros Palacios | November 4, 2020
Focus on economic growth and the Millennials will be alright
By Niels Veldhuis, Jason Clemens | October 28, 2020
Children of parents who receive CCB benefits today will ultimately pay for program
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios | October 28, 2020
Financing the Canada Child Benefit
By Milagros Palacios, Jason Clemens | October 27, 2020
Canada’s spending and deficits higher than comparable countries during pandemic
By Jake Fuss, Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios | October 26, 2020
Trudeau government should heed looming risks to federal finances
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios | October 23, 2020
Is the Canada Child Benefit Targeted to those Most in Need?
By Christopher A. Sarlo, Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios | October 6, 2020
Insights from the text of the throne speech
By Jason Clemens, Jake Fuss | September 24, 2020
Throne speech may offer fundamental choice to parents about Canada’s future
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios | September 22, 2020
Trudeau government eyeing massive new social programs
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios | September 17, 2020
Trudeau government should learn from Ontario’s green energy failure
By Elmira Aliakbari, Jason Clemens | September 17, 2020
Green recovery plan ignores practical limitations of government
By Tegan Hill, Jake Fuss, Jason Clemens | September 10, 2020
Trudeau government spending billions to make people better off than before recession
By Jason Clemens, Nathaniel Li | September 8, 2020
Trudeau moving Canada towards American-style government with more centralized decision-making, federal spending, borrowing
By Jason Clemens, Nathaniel Li | August 28, 2020
Expanding government won’t help Canada’s recovery
By Jason Clemens, Niels Veldhuis | August 28, 2020
Poor CERB targeting wastes billions
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios, Nathaniel Li | August 27, 2020
Federal Government Wasting Billions on Poorly Targeted Assistance
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios, Nathaniel Li, Niels Veldhuis | August 27, 2020
Trudeau government should pivot away from Morneau-era policies of weakness
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios | August 24, 2020
History is clear—the Trudeau government needs to change direction
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios, Niels Veldhuis | July 31, 2020
Blog series part 2—Incomes, overall income economy grew more slowly under Liberals than before 2008-09 recession
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios, Niels Veldhuis | July 24, 2020
Blog series part 1—Trudeau government produced string of deficits, raised taxes on middle class
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios, Niels Veldhuis | July 23, 2020
Young people living with their parents could receive $11.8 billion from CERB
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios, Nathaniel Li | July 16, 2020
Distribution of CERB: Estimating the Number of Eligible Young People Living with Parents
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios, Nathaniel Li | July 16, 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
‘Creative destruction’ can help Canada recover from COVID recession
By Russell S. Sobel, Jason Clemens | July 2, 2020
The Essential Joseph Schumpeter
By Russell S. Sobel, Jason Clemens | July 2, 2020
Explaining the Growth in Federal Program Spending since 2015
By Tegan Hill, Nathaniel Li, Milagros Palacios, Jason Clemens | June 30, 2020
Think-tanks provide competing views on stimulus and infrastructure spending
By Niels Veldhuis, Jake Fuss, Jason Clemens | June 29, 2020
Alberta’s outsized role in Canada matters for all Canadians
By Tegan Hill, Jason Clemens | June 23, 2020
Reality of government matters when assessing policy options
By Jason Clemens, Niels Veldhuis | June 15, 2020