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1. Provincial finances in trouble—spotlight Central Canada

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

2. The high cost of getting climate policy wrong

   The Internet is abuzz over a recent report by the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) that shines some light on the potential impact of the federal carbon tax plan on Canada’s economy. Specifically, the report shows that the carbon price ...

3. Cryptocurrency investors eye provinces with low electricity rates

   Recent media reports suggest lower power costs in some provinces could make Canada an attractive destination for bitcoin miners to run their power-hungry operations, with a Chinese firm already considering establishing a bitcoin ...

4. GST revenues from carbon-pricing—likely another tax grab

   This week, as Canadians were sliding into their holiday mindset, the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) released a report estimating the GST revenues collected by the federal government through existing carbon-pricing schemes in four ...

5. Quebec unemployment rate now lower than Ontario’s

   There’s a remarkable economic transformation underway in Quebec. The economy is growing and the unemployment rate is down. Indeed, Quebec’s unemployment rate (three-month moving average, seasonally adjusted) in July at 5.9 per cent is ...

6. A worrying trend—size of government in Canada on the rise

   Every year Maclean's magazine invites economists and policy analysts to submit what they think is the most important chart Canadians should watch in the upcoming year, as it relates to the economy. Needless to say, choosing a single ...