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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. Scoring the economic performance of Canada’s last five prime ministers

   The 2016-2019 period had the weakest economic performance of the five periods analyzed. ...

3. Expanding government won’t help Canada’s recovery

   Enough signals have been sent by the federal government over the last few weeks for Canadians to formulate reasonable expectations about the upcoming throne speech next month and what might be included in the government’s plan for ...

4. Blog series part 2—Incomes, overall income economy grew more slowly under Liberals than before 2008-09 recession

   In the first part of this blog series, we outlined the Trudeau government’s tax and spending policies. In this second part of the series, we look at the results of these policies and their effects on Canadians and the overall economy. The ...

5. Blog series part 1—Trudeau government produced string of deficits, raised taxes on middle class

   The Trudeau Liberals were elected in 2015 promising a new direction in tax, spending and borrowing policies from the previous 20 years. For instance, in their 2015 platform, the Liberals stated that: “Canada’s economy has faltered, and ...

6. Think-tanks provide competing views on stimulus and infrastructure spending

   With the worst of COVID hopefully subsiding and economies beginning to reopen, governments are turning their attention to policies to promote and aid the economic recovery. As should be the case, think-tanks, academics, business groups ...

7. Reality of government matters when assessing policy options

   In 1969, UCLA economist Harold Demsetz formalized an important concept in comparative economics—the Nirvana fallacy. His argument was that it was inappropriate, misleading and potentially counterproductive to compare hypothetical ideal ...

8. Provinces in Atlantic Canada must align government compensation with private sector

   The economic fallout from COVID-19 will pose significant challenges to government finances in each of the four Atlantic Provinces. As such, governments must carefully review all spending, including compensation for government workers. ...

9. On the Passing of Harvard economist Alberto Alesina

   The fields of economics and public policy suffered a great loss recently, as leading political economist Alberto Alesina passed away at the age of 63. One of the world’s most influential economists, his contributions to the study of ...

10. Ontario must align government compensation with private sector

    The economic fallout from COVID-19 will pose significant challenges to Ontario’s government finances. As such, the Ford government must carefully review all its spending, including compensation for government workers. The province spends ...