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1. Prime Ministers and Government Spending: Updated 2021 Edition

   Per-person federal program spending (adjusted for inflation) reached $17,121 in 2020-21, by far the highest level in Canada’s history. Non-COVID-related per-person spending in 2020-21 was $11,165. Moreover, federal spending is estimated to reach ...

2. Next prime minister should cut spending to help the poor

   According to estimates, economic growth is maximized when government spending is about 26 per cent of GDP. ...

3. Trudeau government pushes national childcare onto premiers’ plate

   Budget 2021 includes $30 billion over five years for national childcare. ...

4. Prime Ministers and Government Spending: 2021 Edition

   Ottawa spent twice as much per Canadian in 2020 ($17,091) as it did at height of WWII ($7,769) ...

5. Prime Ministers and Government Spending: 2021 Edition

   Federal program spending in 2021 will reach a projected $11,370 per person—or 18.7 per cent of the economy. ...

6. 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. ...

7. Trudeau moving Canada towards American-style government with more centralized decision-making, federal spending, borrowing

   In next month’s throne speech (and possible fall budget), Prime Minister Trudeau may move us closer to a more U.S.-style government in terms of the balance between the federal and provincial government and public finances. One of ...

8. 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 ...

9. Prime Ministers and Government Spending: Updated 2020 Edition

   This essay updates the previous 2020 measure of per-person program spending by prime ministers, adjusting for inflation, since 1870. This essay focuses on the potential level of spending in 2020 based on the government’s response to the COVID ...

10. Governments across Canada must reduce spending post-recession

    The recession caused by the response to the COVID-19 pandemic means governments across Canada now face tremendous fiscal challenges. Recent forecasts from the Royal Bank and Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) estimate that annual deficits ...