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  1. Ottawa’s ballooning debt and deficits should be major campaign issue

    Canada has the fifth-highest level of total government debt among 29 industrialized countries. ...

  2. 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 ...

  3. Budget 2017 spells end of the Chrétien Consensus?

    Under the Trudeau government, deficits continue with no end in sight, debt is growing and taxes have increased. ...

  4. Liberal spending increases drive big deficits, not a weak economy

    Appeared in the Financial Post, March 29, 2016 In advance of tabling their first budget, the Liberals conveyed a message that deteriorating government finances were the result of a weak economy. The reality of the budget is quite different from the ...

  5. Why waste a budget? Trudeau should learn from Chretien and Martin

    Appeared in National Newswatch, March 18, 2016 As Prime Minister Trudeau delivers his first budget next week, one that reportedly contains a deficit in excess of $30 billion, his government may want to consider the lessons learned by former Prime Minister ...

  6. End of the Chretien Consensus in Canada?

    Appeared in the Financial Post, November 24, 2015 Canada enjoyed an economic and fiscal renaissance starting in the mid-1990s that lasted more than a decade. The boom was rooted in sound fiscal policy (balanced budgets, focused spending, and tax ...

  7. What are the top three business/economic issues federal parties should be addressing in the current federal campaign?

    Appeared in Business in Vancouver, September 29, 2015 With a relatively weak Canadian economy, depressed commodity prices and the myriad of international economic issues (i.e. uncertainty in China), federal parties should offer solutions to the economic ...

  8. Fewer gimmicks, more transparency needed in Ottawa

    Appeared in the Calgary Herald, New Brunswick Telegraph Journal, Winnipeg Free Press, Waterloo Region Record, and Guelph Mercury No normal person pays close attention to who is "in" or "out" as finance minister, and that's a good ...