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Government Spending & Taxes Commentary Archive

Canada’s income tax at 100—milestone or tombstone?
By William Watson | April 6, 2017
Ontario could take a budgeting lesson from… Quebec?
By Ben Eisen, Charles Lammam | April 5, 2017
Trudeau government stretches definition of ‘infrastructure’ too far
By Charles Lammam, Hugh MacIntyre | April 3, 2017
Another broken promise—federal government ditches latest fiscal pledge
By Charles Lammam, Ben Eisen, Milagros Palacios | March 31, 2017
Innovators needed for an innovative Canada
By Jason Clemens, Charles Lammam, Niels Veldhuis | March 29, 2017
What does the federal budget mean for Ontario?
By Ben Eisen, Charles Lammam | March 29, 2017
Budget 2017 spells end of the Chrétien Consensus?
By Jason Clemens, Charles Lammam, Niels Veldhuis | March 27, 2017
Saskatchewan has a plan to balance its budget, Alberta doesn’t
By Ben Eisen, Steve Lafleur | March 27, 2017
Federal Budget 2017 proves the plan is failing
By Niels Veldhuis, Jason Clemens | March 23, 2017
Federal budget punts major decisions, continues policy of uncertainty
By Charles Lammam, Jason Clemens | March 23, 2017
Hiking capital gains taxes—bad for the economy and Canada’s middle class
By Charles Lammam, Hugh MacIntyre, Milagros Palacios | March 22, 2017
Alberta’s 2017 budget—a bad case of déjà vu
By Ben Eisen, Charles Lammam | March 21, 2017
Ottawa can simplify the tax system and promote economic growth at the same time
By Charles Lammam, Hugh MacIntyre | March 20, 2017
Alberta’s budget will make life worse—not better
By Ben Eisen, Charles Lammam | March 20, 2017
Budget primer—getting the facts straight on Alberta independent school funding
By Ben Eisen, Deani Van Pelt | March 16, 2017
Alberta government rejecting prosperous polices of the Chretien era
By Ben Eisen, Steve Lafleur, Jason Clemens | March 15, 2017
A brief federal budget history—Canada, 1867-2017
By Livio Di Matteo | March 14, 2017
Federal government’s infrastructure plan unlikely to spur economic growth
By Charles Lammam, Hugh MacIntyre | March 8, 2017
End of the Chrétien Consensus?
By Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios | March 8, 2017
Ontario in the grip of short-term policy thinking
By Ben Eisen | March 8, 2017
Right idea, wrong messenger, for education reform in Ontario
By Deani Van Pelt | March 7, 2017
Realities of carbon pricing in Canada and beyond
By Jason Clemens, Kenneth P. Green | March 6, 2017
Did the provincial government really slow down spending growth?
By Ben Eisen, Steve Lafleur | March 6, 2017
Infrastructure spending in Canada—myths and reality
By Charles Lammam, Hugh MacIntyre | March 3, 2017
Policies from Ottawa harming Canada’s economic prospects
By Jason Clemens, Charles Lammam | March 2, 2017