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1. Federal Budget 2017—Ottawa should learn from Canada's last road to debt

   The November 2016 federal economic update projected persistent deficits from 2015-16 to 2021-22. Shortly after, the Department of Finance released projections, which saw federal deficits persisting until the middle of the 21st century. ...

2. Budget season—Alberta and Ottawa must revert back to proven fiscal policies

   Budget season in Canada is now in full swing as governments unveil their tax and spending plans for the coming year and beyond. Two upcoming budgets deserve special attention: Alberta’s (March 16) and the federal government’s (March 22), ...

3. Chrétien Consensus begins in Saskatchewan under the NDP

   This is the first of several blog posts based on the recently released book the End of the Chrétien Consensus?, which chronicles the emergence and success of the policies of this era as well as the move away from these policies over the ...

4. Provincial health ministers hope to pass the buck to Ottawa

   Provincial health ministers are calling on the federal government to return to the unsustainable rate of increases (six per cent per year) in the Canada Health Transfer (CHT) that typified the last decade. This plea comes despite the ...

5. Look to 1990s welfare reform to help fix Canada’s health-care system

   The Liberal government in the mid-1990s under Prime Minister Jean Chretien and Finance Minister Paul Martin is remembered for slaying a massive budget deficit that threatened Canada’s financial future. The 1995 budget was a watershed ...

6. Canada’s disappointing second quarter economic performance spotlights need for proven policies

   Statistics Canada released some disappointing data yesterday on the performance of the Canadian economy. According to the agency, the country’s gross domestic product (GDP), which is the value of all the goods and services produced in ...