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1. Trudeau vs. Biden—transparency and budget honesty

   Nearly 60 per cent of the Liberal infrastructure spending was on “green” and “social” projects. ...

2. State of federal finances worse than previously thought

   The latest federal budget showed that public finances are in poor shape and Ottawa is ill-prepared for a possible economic recession. But a recent Parliamentary Budget Office report suggests the situation may be worse than the government ...

3. Trudeau government stretches definition of ‘infrastructure’ too far

   Appeared in the Ottawa Sun, April 2, 2017 The 2017 federal budget revealed new details on the Trudeau government’s nearly $100 billion infrastructure spending plan. Canadians should know that, contrary to the government’s rhetoric, much of this spending ...

4. Infrastructure a small share of the Liberal $29.4 billion deficit

   Appeared in the Ottawa Sun, April 2, 2016 A major theme in the lead-up to the recent federal budget was a commitment to increased infrastructure spending. The Liberals gave the impression that infrastructure would be a key driver of their deficit spending ...

5. Infrastructure spending OK, but that’s not what the Liberals proposed

   The dust is settling from the Liberal government’s first budget, which proposed large spending increases, some tax hikes, and deficits throughout their mandate with no balanced budget in sight. Some of the details of the budget, which ...

6. William Watson: budget numbers we really need—benefit per dollar spent at the margin

   My very favourite line from this week’s federal budget is “There are no public transit systems in Nunavut.” This is from a note to a table on page 92 of the Budget Plan. Well, duh, of course there aren’t any public transit systems in ...