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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. 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 ...

  3. The Changing Size of Government in Canada, 2007–2018

    The size of government in Canada is an important matter of public policy. It directly influences the allocation of society’s resources, with consequences for long-term economic growth and prosperity. While this study is primarily focused on the size of ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. Evidence suggests bigger government isn't better

    Appeared in Globe and Mail’s Economy Lab Government is the single most pervasive institution of modern life and its programs are important to our quality of life. While government spending around the world has grown, more and larger government is not ...

  6. Canada 2020: The Right Scope and Size of Government

    Appeared in Canadian Government Executive The Clerk of the Privy Council's Blueprint 2020 exercise is a positive step in redefining the role and functions of the federal public service in Canada. It asks important questions about how the public ...

  7. Measuring government in the 21st century

    Although markets are the ideal method of resource allocation, government serves a necessary and important function, providing programs and services that affect our quality of life in numerous ways. However, as government spending has grown over the past ...

  8. How to Use the Fiscal Surplus

    When the conference How to Spend the Fiscal Dividend: What is the Optimal Size of Government? was planned in the summer of 1997, the Government of Canada was expected to present a balanced budget in the upcoming fiscal year 1998/99 and, if tax rates and ...