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  1. Ford government’s upcoming second budget should include real fiscal reform

    Appeared in the Toronto Sun, January 15, 2020 It’s no secret that Ontario faces a large debt problem. At $24,000 per Ontarian and climbing, Ontario’s in a deep hole. That, combined with the absence of plan to meaningfully reduce the province’s debt burden ...

  2. Ford government must get serious about reducing government debt

    Appeared in the Toronto Sun, January 8, 2020 Throughout the 2010s, then-premier Kathleen Wynne’s government repeatedly said the goal was to return the province’s fiscal position back to where it was before the 2008/09 recession. Specifically, that meant a ...

  3. Say goodbye to Ontario’s ‘lost decade’ of debt and economic pain

    Appeared in the Ottawa Sun, December 18, 2019 The 2010s are drawing to a close. Unfortunately, it was a disastrous decade for the Ontario government’s financial health. It’s worth looking back at the damage to help us understand the importance of not ...

  4. Ontario should learn from Quebec’s debt reduction

    Appeared in the Ottawa Sun, November 13, 2019 Ontario is in debt, big time. And the Ford government does not have a plan to meaningfully reduce that debt burden. In fact, compared to Quebec, a province which had a well-earned reputation for poor fiscal ...

  5. Ford government should more forcefully target deficit, housing costs

    Ontario’s Fall Economic Statement will be released next week and will set the stage for the Ford government’s second budget and policy direction. This will come after last year’s retreat from a mishandled program of expenditure restraint. ...

  6. Premier Ford should look west for deficit-reduction strategy

    Appeared in the Ottawa Sun, October 30, 2019 Last week, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney’s government tabled its first budget, which was also likely Alberta’s most consequential budget in 25 years. Indeed, with its first budget, the Kenney government promised ...

  7. Ford government remains Wynne-like with the deficit

    Appeared in the Toronto Sun, September 12, 2019 Last week, a special “Blue Ribbon” panel on Alberta’s finances published its final report, which includes a plan to balance Alberta’s budget and stop the province’s rapid debt accumulation. Among other ...

  8. Ford’s former finance minister proffers sound advice for his successor

    Appeared in the Ottawa Sun, June 26, 2019 Last week, Premier Doug Ford announced a major cabinet shuffle in Ontario. Among the most important moves was the removal of Vic Fedeli (pictured above) as finance minister, to be replaced by Rod Phillips. ...

  9. Globe and Mail understates Ontario’s fiscal challenge

    Appeared in the Ottawa Sun, June 5, 2019 Last week, the Globe and Mail published an editorial discussing Ontario’s fiscal challenges, which badly misses the mark. The editorial argues that the Ford government need not concern itself with its stated ...

  10. Ford government's slow and steady fiscal approach fraught with risk

    Appeared in the Ottawa Sun, May 8, 2019 The Ford government has a five-year plan to balance the province’s budget by 2023/24. The government’s strategy is to continue increasing nominal spending—but at a slower rate than government revenue is forecasted ...