Even the prospect of small deficits relative to GDP may generate substantial investor uncertainty in an environment where interest rates are on the way up.
Government Spending & Taxes
January 4, 2016
3:00AM
December 21, 2015
9:45AM
The Canadian retirement income system already provides Canadians with an adequate standard of living in retirement.
December 21, 2015
3:00AM
Between 2001 and 2008, Ontario provincial government spending grew at an average of five per cent annually while revenues only grew four per cent.
December 18, 2015
10:31AM
Name something our governments aren’t already doing. Now name something our governments are doing spectacularly well.
December 16, 2015
10:12AM
As recent as 2009/10, Quebec’s per-person net debt burden was approximately $4,400 higher than Ontario’s. That gap is projected to be just $1,100 this year.
December 15, 2015
9:42AM
The federal government’s projected fiscal balance has gone from a $4.3 billion surplus to a budget deficit that could be as large as $25 billion.
December 15, 2015
3:00AM
Alberta continues to face significant economic challenges. Rather than make matters worse, governments should implement pro-growth economic policies.
December 9, 2015
3:00AM
While some provinces have taken steps to rein in spending and balance budgets, Ontario is a laggard and Alberta has embarked on a new road to debt.
December 7, 2015
9:10AM
The federal Liberals delivered their Throne Speech last week, emphasizing the planned middle-class tax cut. Yet there are two major problems with the government's proposed tax reform.
December 4, 2015
9:03AM
The Ontario government is considering subsidies for the province’s fashion industry, which is a bad a idea for many reasons.
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