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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.

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Thank you for your interest in our blog in 2015. We’re taking a break for the holidays and will resume posting on Jan. 4.

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In order to give a good gift you have to understand, as economists do, that value is subjective.

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Research shows that increasing financial transparency contributes to improved governance and reduced corruption.

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The average U.S. charitable donation in 2013 was US$5,342—almost three-and-a-half times the average Canadian donation of C$1,574.
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Canada's federal government alone spends more than $10 billion annually on aboriginal issues.

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The Canadian retirement income system already provides Canadians with an adequate standard of living in retirement.

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Between 2001 and 2008, Ontario provincial government spending grew at an average of five per cent annually while revenues only grew four per cent.

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Today, Standard and Poor’s downgraded the Alberta government’s credit rating in part due to “concerns of weak budgetary performances and rising debt burden.”

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Name something our governments aren’t already doing. Now name something our governments are doing spectacularly well.

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