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1. Workers will ultimately pay part of B.C.’s new employer health tax

   Last week, British Columbia’s provincial government announced the elimination of Medical Services Premiums (MSP) premiums by 2020. And introduced a new payroll tax—the employer health tax (EHT), to be implemented a year earlier. Does ...

2. Bad news out of Ontario illustrates need for a better fiscal plan

   Appeared in the Toronto Sun and Ottawa Sun The economic news coming out of Ontario in recent days has been far from positive. The province's economic and fiscal position is weak and new analysis released by the Ministry of Finance suggests its ...

3. A $243,000 bill courtesy of Canada's governments

   Appeared in the Winnipeg Free Press and Vancouver Sun Imagine receiving a credit card bill that totaled $243,476. This would no doubt be a shock for most Canadians. But if you add up all the liabilities of every Canadian government "federal, ...

4. Before adding new taxes, cut health care spending

   Appeared in the Sundre Round Up and Innisfail Province Having spent itself into a considerable deficit problem, the Alberta government seems to be considering a sales tax as part of its plan to dig provincial finances out of the red (or at least they’re ...

5. The Unfunded Liability of Canada's Health Care System

   This Alert analyzes the unfunded liablility of Canada's health care system (Medicare). A program has an unfunded liability when it has a shortfall between the expected future stream of funding and future benefit obligations. https://www ...

6. Canadian Federal Health Transfers to the Provinces, 2012 edition

   Canada?s federal government sends cash transfers to the provinces to help pay for health care. Under the current arrangement regarding cash transfers, the federal government has committed to increasing its cash transfers for health care by 6 percent ...