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1. Are some provinces and states too big to succeed?

   Subnational jurisdictions of around 9.5 million people seem to be the fastest-growing economies. ...

2. 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. ...

3. Size of government matters for economic growth

   The Trudeau government entered office in 2015 based largely a policy agenda to expand the role of government in the economy. At the same time, however, it promised to develop and implement policies based on evidence with a focus on ...

4. Throne speech brings bigger government, more fiscal challenges

   In today’s throne speech, the Trudeau government announced substantial new spending commitments, marking a new vision for Canada, which includes increasing the size and role of government. Unfortunately, more spending and bigger ...

5. 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 ...

6. Size of government matters

   In one way or another every public policy debate ultimately comes down to a decision between whether resources are best kept by the workers, entrepreneurs and businesses that create them versus government extracting resources through ...

7. Toronto City Council reduction—a distraction from greater priorities

   Ford plan's reported savings represent only $2.33 per Torontonian per year. ...

8. Growing government, increased regulation primary threats to economic freedom in Canada

   Since comprehensive data for Economic Freedom became available in 1970, Canada’s had a secure place in the world’s top 10 jurisdictions. But could Canada be at the beginning of a long slow decline, like the one that has afflicted the ...

9. Italy’s referendum—diminishing democracy or cutting the fat?

   On Dec. 4, Italian voters will be asked to cast their ballots on a constitutional referendum bill put forth by Prime Minister Matteo Renzi (pictured above). This referendum is essentially about streamlining the operations and functions ...