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  1. Less Ottawa, More Province, 2021: How Decentralized Federalism is Key to Health Care Reform

    A significant body of research suggests that Canada’s health care system consistently underperforms relative to most peer jurisdictions with universal health care systems. This underperformance continues despite the fact that Canada is one of the world’s ...

  2. Trudeau government spending billions to make people better off than before recession

    Appeared in the Vancouver Province, September 8, 2020 We recently analyzed almost $82 billion in COVID-related spending—specifically CERB, the student assistance benefit (CESB), and one-time payments linked to Old Age Security (OAS), the Guaranteed Income ...

  3. Trudeau moving Canada towards American-style government with more centralized decision-making, federal spending, borrowing

    In next month’s throne speech (and possible fall budget), Prime Minister Trudeau may move us closer to a more U.S.-style government in terms of the balance between the federal and provincial government and public finances. One of ...

  4. Poor CERB targeting wastes billions

    Appeared in the Financial Post, August 27, 2020 Despite a near $350 billion federal deficit and national debt exceeding $1 trillion, the Trudeau government continues to borrow billions of dollars to finance cash transfers to Canadians whose need is at the ...

  5. Federal Government Wasting Billions on Poorly Targeted Assistance

    The federal government has introduced a number of new programs and ad hoc additions to existing programs in response to the COVID recession. Unfortunately, much of this spending appears to have been poorly targeted towards those in genuine need, ...

  6. Young people living with their parents could receive $11.8 billion from CERB

    Appeared in the National Post, July 16, 2020 Prudent use of public finances should always be a top priority for any government. With the federal budget deficit now projected to reach almost $350 billion, Ottawa should apply additional prudence to new and ...

  7. Distribution of CERB: Estimating the Number of Eligible Young People Living with Parents

    The Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) is a flat, taxable $2,000 monthly benefit provided to eligible Canadians. The initial 16-week program was estimated to cost $53.4 billion after cost recoveries from taxation. The program was recently ...

  8. Explaining the Growth in Federal Program Spending since 2015

    In 2019, federal program spending reached $322.9 billion, an increase of $69.1 billion or 27.2% (nominal) since 2015. After adjusting for inflation, the increase in program spending is still sizeable at $50.2 billion or 18.4%. The government finances ...

  9. Prime Ministers and Government Spending: Updated 2020 Edition

    This essay updates the previous 2020 measure of per-person program spending by prime ministers, adjusting for inflation, since 1870. This essay focuses on the potential level of spending in 2020 based on the government’s response to the COVID ...