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1. Alberta’s upcoming referendum bigger than equalization

   Reforms in the 1990s led to a marked decline in welfare dependency and reduced spending on social assistance. ...

2. No PST—Alberta government has a spending problem, not a revenue problem

   The provincial government ran deficits in 12 of the past 13 years. ...

3. 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. ...

4. Stimulus didn’t work in 2009—don’t expect it to kick-start the economy now

   Appeared in the Toronto Star, June 6, 2020 As the worst of the COVID experience subsides and economies begin to reopen, provincial governments are busy announcing plans to ramp up infrastructure spending to “kick-start” their economies. So far Quebec, ...

5. Alberta must target government wages, benefits in post-COVID world

   Appeared in the Calgary Sun, May 20, 2020 Due to the economic fallout from COVID-19, Alberta’s government finances will face significant challenges. As such, the Kenney government must carefully review all spending, including compensation for government ...

6. 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 ...

7. The disproportionate pain of economic “shutdowns” by government

   With Statistics Canada releasing its latest job report on May 8, the media jumped all over the dismal news: “Canada lost nearly 2 million jobs in April” stated the CBC.ca headline and “Two million Canadian jobs lost in April as ...

8. Why differences between government and markets matters today—Public Choice in action, Part 2

   The previous blog post explained a whole set of differences between the government and market sectors of our society and how those differences affect decision-making, incentives and performance in the two sectors. This second blog post ...

9. Revisions to ‘wage subsidy’ program leave many questions unanswered

   In what seems like a constant evolution of responses to the COVID-19 health and economic crisis, the federal government on Wednesday—April Fool’s no less—attempted to clarify the expanded wage subsidy program announced by the prime ...