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  1. Canadian Student Review: Summer 2021

    In this issue: Modern Monetary Theory and the COVID Crisis Student contributor Brennan Sorge explains how Canada’s pandemic response should be a warning against the use of Modern Monetary Theory. Video Gallery This video from the Essential James Buchanan ...

  2. Understanding two decades of weak economic performance in Ontario

    It’s important for policymakers to recognize the severity of Ontario’s growth problem, how long-lived it has been, and the challenge of weak business investment that could impede future growth. ...

  3. Trudeau’s record-high spending hasn’t translated into strong economic growth

    During the Trudeau period, business investment actually declined by 0.2 per cent. ...

  4. Saskatchewan should establish new strict rules to save resource revenue

    The province's massive budget deficit continues a trend that started well before the pandemic. ...

  5. Alberta needs new (old) rule to stabilize government resource revenues

    In 2020/21, Alberta’s non-renewable resource revenue will comprise only 4.7 per cent of provincial revenue. ...

  6. New fiscal rules could help stabilize Newfoundland and Labrador’s finances

    When the province's resource revenues declined by roughly 22 per cent, the government did not commensurately reduce program spending. ...

  7. Wealth tax wouldn’t work the way Ottawa wants

    According to the PBO, governments could raise up to $61 billion with a wealth tax on Canadians worth more than $10 million. ...

  8. A New (Old) Fiscal Rule for Non-Renewable Resource Revenue in Alberta

    Alberta’s government finances are once again in a perilous state with ongoing deficits, mounting debt and near record levels of spending. One of the greatest contributors to Alberta’s fiscal instability is the provincial government’s treatment of non ...

  9. With higher oil prices, Alberta government must avoid fiscal mistakes of the past

    The price of Brent Crude oil could reach US$100 per barrel in 2022 due to a surge in demand. ...

  10. Wait times—the other health-care crisis

    The elective surgery queue cost 1.2 million Canadians a total of $2.8 billion in lost wages and productivity. ...