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1. Spending Beyond Our Means; Sticking it to the Next Generation

   Appeared in the National Post Over the course of the past several months, outgoing Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney and Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty have repeatedly warned that Canadians are spending beyond their means and taking on too much ...

2. It's not our problem; Ontario Liberals kick deficit can down the road

   Appeared in the Financial Post The May 2 minority Liberal budget is a politically expedient document that likely avoids an election but unfortunately fails to tackle Ontario's looming fiscal crisis. The longer the province waits, the more difficult ...

3. Not Your Prairie NDP

   Appeared in the Vancouver Sun Too often in politics, particularly during election campaigns, citizens conflate political brands with policy. That is, too often we make assumptions about the policies of political parties based on a perception rather than ...

4. The stimulus spending never stopped

   Appeared in the Financial Post The key litmus test for the Harper government’s 2013 budget was always going to be how realistic it was with respect to achieving a balanced budget by 2015-16. The governing Tories have staked both their economic and ...

5. 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 ...

6. Ontario's 2012 budget a missed opportunity

   Appeared in the Financial Post On Tuesday, Ontario Finance Minister Dwight Duncan had one of those rare opportunities of which politicians can only dream. With his province heading toward a fiscal crisis caused by mounting debt and out-of-control spending ...

7. 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 ...

8. Cut $10-billion now; Flaherty should drop entire departments and programs

   Appeared in the Financial Post On Monday, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty held his traditional pre-budget consultation with a number of private-sector economists, who all appear to be predicting improved growth in the Canadian economy for the coming year. ...

9. Provinces follow Ottawa's pattern of rosy revenue forecasts and unrealistic spending projections

   Appeared in the Financial Post When Finance Minister Jim Flaherty announced last week that the Conservative government will miss its target for balancing the budget, he confirmed something that should be obvious to all students of recent Canadian economic ...

10. Flaherty's deficit delay no surprise

    Appeared in the Financial Post With the release of its economic and fiscal update, the Conservative government finally confirmed it will not meet its 2014-15 target for balancing the budget. No surprise here. For nearly two years, we have repeatedly noted ...