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1. Ontario workers have little to celebrate this Labour Day

   Appeared in the Toronto Sun, August 31, 2017 Labour Day is a time when we celebrate workers. Unfortunately, over the past three years, Ontarians have had little to cheer about the province’s labour market. While the Wynne government touted positive job ...

2. Wynne government could take a few pointers from Liberal brethren in Quebec

   Appeared in the Toronto Sun, August 13, 2017 Ontarians usually don’t follow closely the economic developments of their eastern neighbour but they certainly should. In fact, Premier Kathleen Wynne’s government could take a few pointers from their Liberal ...

3. Ontario taxpayers must pay $21.2 billion in government debt interest this year

   Government debt imposes real costs on individual Canadians and their families in the form of interest payments. Governments must pay interest on their debt—it’s not a choice. And the more money governments spend on interest payments, the ...

4. Interest payments are Ontario’s fastest growing expense—faster than health and education spending growth

   This year, Ontario is projected to run its eighth consecutive budget deficit, which will be approximately $7.5 billion. And since 2007/08, it will have racked up an additional $141.7 billion in government debt. The provincial government ...

5. Beware of government debt growing under the radar in Canada

   As provincial governments release their budgets in the coming months, Canadians ought to be aware of how government debt can grow under the radar. News headlines usually focus on the size of the operating budget balance—that is, whether ...

6. What the latest research says about government debt and economic growth

   We are nearly seven years removed from the 2008-09 recession, and Canada’s federal government along with almost every provincial government expects to run an operating budget deficit this year. And every government will continue to dig ...