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1. What does the federal budget mean for Ontario?

   Appeared in the Toronto Sun, March 29, 2017 Last week, the Trudeau government released its 2017 budget. So what are the most important takeaways for Ontarians? Firstly, something we’re very familiar with in this province—growing government debt. The ...

2. The Tories' spending problem

   Appeared in the Financial Post While some economists take great satisfaction when their forecasts come true, I am not in that camp. As Terence Corcoran noted on this page Wednesday (On track for more deficits), for the past several years my colleagues and ...

3. The Conservatives' no-cut budget

   Appeared in the Financial Post There it was on the front page of The Globe and Mail: $5.2-billion [in] total spending cuts. The Toronto Star screamed: Tories slash spending in fiscal overhaul, while CTV proclaimed: Budget to cut spending nearly $6-billion ...

4. Flaherty has opportunity to deliver the prudent budget that Falcon didn't

   Appeared in Business in Vancouver With economic uncertainty lurking around every corner, it’s critical that governments across Canada show fiscal discipline and put forth prudent budgets. Here in B.C., Finance Minister Kevin Falcon reassured British ...

5. Nothing So Certain: Debt, Taxes, and Government Spending

   The 2004 Ontario budget has proven to be a watershed event. After months of floating policy trial balloons, the government has finally committed to a four-year fiscal plan. This Alert assesses the new fiscal plan in the light of the prior Progressive ...