Search

Search results

1. Ford Government Fiscal Policy Approach Mirrors that of McGuinty and Wynne

   This bulletin analyzes the recent 2021 budget that Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservative government tabled in order to assess the extent to which it continues or changes the general fiscal policy approach of the Liberal governments of Premiers ...

2. Ford government’s budget update overly optimistic and likely ineffective

   Appeared in National Newswatch, April 2, 2020 With all the announcements last week by the federal government, and the drama surrounding the passage of the federal spending bill on Wednesday, last week’s Ontario financial and budget update went largely ...

3. Ford government should exercise prudence in these volatile times

   Appeared in the Toronto Sun, March 19, 2020 As uncertainty swirls, the Ford government, which next week will release a fiscal update—instead of a planned complete 2020 budget—should remember that prudence is the best shield to protect government finances. ...

4. Simply balancing Ontario’s budget won’t stop debt surge

   Ontario’s fall economic and fiscal statement delivered by this week Finance Minister Rod Phillips reveals a slower process towards budget balance. Revenue in 2019-20 will be $155.8 billion compared to $153.7 billion for the previous year, ...

5. Ford government should heed Michigan's success

   Appeared in the Ottawa Sun, April 3, 2019 Whenever a new government is elected, as happened in Ontario last year, one of the most important questions is whether it will maintain the policy trajectory of its predecessor or instead chart a different policy ...

6. Ontario premier's fiscal imprudence is reckless

   Appeared in the Winnipeg Free Press and Flin Flon Reminder, Jan 25, 2015 How governments manage their finances matters a great deal. Spend and borrow too much and the result is a spiral of increasing deficits that create ever higher debt. Then, ever-more ...