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  1. Provincial finances in trouble—spotlight Western Canada

    The Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) recently published its annual fiscal sustainability report, which provided long-term projections to assess the sustainability of public finances for the federal government and the provinces. In this ...

  2. Who Could Object to a Carbon Tax?

    Appeared in The Province, Huffington Post, and Okanagan Saturday, Dec 5, 2014 Carbon taxes are back on centre stage in Canada, after a new “bipartisan” Ecofiscal Commission came out in favour of the idea. Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne is also talking ...

  3. Post-Stimulus Spending Trends in Canada

    Canadian governments enacted Keynesian-inspired fiscal stimulus plans in 2009. These plans were to be a temporary response to the global economic recession. The stimulus spending was to be withdrawn after two years and program spending was then to be ...

  4. Troubling precedent: Can Alberta demand a fair share of BC's eastern exports?

    Appeared in the Financial Post Alberta Premier Alison Redford and B.C. Premier Christy Clark recently announced a "framework agreement" on the proposed Northern Gateway oil pipeline, removing what was seen as a serious barrier to development. ...

  5. B.C. to Alberta: Stuff your oil

    Appeared in the Huffington Post On the last day of May, the government of British Columbia gave the back of its hand to Alberta and indirectly to the rest of Canada, which benefits—and could benefit more—from continued development of Alberta’s oilsands. ...

  6. BC Premier's Alberta shakedown

    Appeared in the Calgary Herald, Vancouver Sun, Waterloo Region Record, Winnipeg Free Press and Stockwatch.com With her demand that either Alberta or Ottawa ante up more cash before the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline can proceed through parts of ...

  7. Why do most provinces still run Soviet-style liquor stores?

    Appeared in the Calgary Herald and Vancouver Sun Anyone who recently visited Alberta for the 100th anniversary of the Calgary Stampede might have noticed something unusual about the province: not a single government liquor store. Alberta does have a ...