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1. Deficits for 50 years—a plan fraught with risks and consequences

   The Trudeau government plans to implement new spending programs including national childcare and pharmacare. ...

2. B.C. budget lacks effective plan for finances and economy

   Program spending is projected to increase from pre-pandemic levels by 15.2 per cent in 2021/22. ...

3. Nova Scotia budget shows debt accumulating at rapid pace

   The string of deficits will increase Nova Scotia’s government debt by nearly 40 per cent from 2019/20 to 2024/25. ...

4. Expanding government won’t help Canada’s recovery

   Enough signals have been sent by the federal government over the last few weeks for Canadians to formulate reasonable expectations about the upcoming throne speech next month and what might be included in the government’s plan for ...

5. Ottawa has a big spending problem

   As the dust settles from Monday’s federal economic and fiscal update, it becomes ever more apparent that Ottawa does not have a revenue problem but a massive spending problem. From budgetary revenues of $332.2 billion in 2018-19, the ...

6. Ottawa’s net debt projected to hit $859 billion by 2023-24

   With a federal election coming in the fall, the absence of policy debate on the federal debt is disappointing. Since 2013-2014, the interest-bearing debt of the federal government has increased from $904 billion to $1.025 trillion, a 13 ...

7. Government policy in 2019, particularly in Ottawa, will be crucial to resolving export constraints

   Albertans came into 2018 hoping for a continuation—or acceleration—of the province’s fragile economic recovery. With the province lingering below its pre-recession private-sector employment levels, economic growth is crucial to putting ...

8. Quarterly update highlights danger of riding rickety revenue rollercoaster

   The Notley government’s failure to restrain spending is quickly growing Alberta’s debt burden. ...

9. Alberta racking up debt much faster than Ontario did

   Recently, several high-profile exchanges on social media and news stories have compared the economic pain in Alberta to what was experienced in Ontario during and after the 2008/09 financial crisis.  We won’t get into addressing the ...

10. The finance minister said what? Part 4

    Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau (pictured above) appeared this weekend on CTV’s Question Period to present the government’s case for its economic and fiscal policies, which were reflected in the fall economic update released last ...