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1. Federal infrastructure spending—a mess of delays and misguided priorities

   Appeared in the Globe and Mail, April 27, 2018 In 2015, the Trudeau government came into office on the promise of running small annual budget deficits of no more than $10 billion for three years to finance new spending on infrastructure projects that ...

2. 2018 budget—another nail in the coffin of Trudeau’s balanced budget promise

   While campaigning for the 2015 election, then-candidate Justin Trudeau made a commitment to Canadians, pledging three years of modest budget deficits of no more than $10 billion, with a balanced budget by the end of his first mandate in ...

3. Trudeau government can keep campaign promise with relatively small spending cut

   Appeared in the Globe and Mail, February 23, 2018 During the 2015 federal election campaign, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised that his government would run modest budget deficits—no more than $10 billion annually—and balance the federal budget by ...

4. Federal budget an opportunity for Ottawa to change big spending ways

   Since coming into office, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government has markedly increased spending, contributing to larger-than-promised budget deficits with no end in sight. Next week’s federal budget is an opportunity to change ...

5. Back on Track: How the Federal Liberals Can Deliver Their Promised Balanced Budget by 2019/20

   Main Conclusions During the 2015 federal election, Justin Trudeau’s Liberals presented a fiscal plan to Canadians that proposed three years of deficit spending of no more than $10 billion annually with a return to a balanced budget by 2019/20. After ...

6. Prime Minister Trudeau on track to set record for increasing federal debt

   Appeared in the Saskatoon StarPhoenix, October 26, 2017 Sometimes it takes years, if not decades, for a prime minister’s legacy to fully take shape. Other times it happens in much shorter order. Just two years into his first mandate, Prime Minister Justin ...

7. To deal with Trump, Trudeau should look to Chrétien

   Appeared in the Huffington Post, June 5, 2017 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s father once famously compared living next to the U.S. to sleeping with an elephant—a twitch or a grunt south of the border can have big consequences for Canada. Well, President ...

8. Ottawa’s fiscal plan not really about growth-maximizing infrastructure

   Appeared in the Toronto Sun, November 13, 2016 Since coming into power, the federal Liberals have said they would pursue deficit spending to make investments that will drive Canada’s long-term economic growth. As Finance Minister Bill Morneau recently put ...

9. Not your grandparents' growth-maximizing infrastructure spending

   While infrastructure spending was major theme in this week’s federal fiscal update, Canadians ought to know that despite the government’s rhetoric, the planned infrastructure spending is unlikely to deliver on fostering long-term ...

10. Federal finances and the irony behind Ottawa’s new ‘stress test’

    Appeared in the Financial Post, October 18, 2016 Ottawa recently announced a series of new regulations for the housing market to “protect the long-term financial security of borrowers and all Canadians.” You have to love the irony. While the federal ...