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  1. Kenney government must control spending to stop Alberta’s fiscal fall

    Appeared in the Edmonton Sun, December 16, 2020 We recently released a study showing that the “fiscal capacity” gap between richer and poorer provinces has shrunk dramatically in recent years. In a nutshell, fiscal capacity refers to each province’s ...

  2. Generosity in Canada and the United States: The 2020 Generosity Index

    Manitoba had the highest percentage of tax filers that donated to charity among the provinces (22.4%) during the 2018 tax year while New Brunswick and Newfoundland & Labrador had the lowest (17.4%). Manitoba also donated the highest percentage ...

  3. Maritime provinces could soon see smaller slice of equalization pie

    Appeared in the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal, December 8, 2020 Many Canadians have long thought of their country as divided between affluent “have” provinces and poorer “have-nots.” The traditional dividing line has been whether a province receives ...

  4. Trudeau government shows no interest in properly targeting assistance—despite deficits

    Appeared in National Newswatch, December 3, 2020 Since its election, the Trudeau government has consistently demonstrated its disinterest in targeting spending to those in need and limiting debt accumulation. Despite expected deficits of $381.6 billion ...

  5. Policymakers must recognize shrinking gap between rich and poor provinces

    Appeared in the Globe and Mail, December 3, 2020 Many Canadians have long thought of their country as divided between affluent “have” provinces and poorer “have-nots.” The traditional dividing line has been whether a province receives equalization ...

  6. Alberta ‘fiscal capacity’ plummeting, Kenney government must react

    Appeared in the Edmonton Journal, December 3, 2020 Many Canadians have long thought of their country as divided between affluent “have” provinces and poorer “have-nots.” The traditional dividing line has been whether a province receives equalization ...

  7. The Great Convergence: Measuring the Fiscal Capacity Gap Between “Have” and “Have-Not” Provinces

    Since 2007/08, the fiscal capacity gap between richer and poorer Canadian provinces has shrunk dramatically, with the trend accelerating significantly after 2014–15. Fiscal capacity refers to a province’s ability to raise own-source revenues at tax rates ...

  8. Trudeau government’s approach to federal finances anything but ‘prudent’

    Appeared in the National Newswatch, December 2, 2020 Since coming to power in 2015, Prime Minister Trudeau —and his finance ministers —have characterized their management of federal finances as “prudent,” an adjective meaning to act with or show care and ...

  9. Canada moving quickly towards U.S.-style ‘spend now, pay later’ government

    The Trudeau Liberals initially promised to run deficits for three years to finance spending increases. ...

  10. Canada lags behind most industrialized countries on key economic, fiscal indicators

    Appeared in the Financial Post, November 4, 2020 The Trudeau government has generally favoured relative comparisons of its performance (i.e. how we rate versus other countries) rather than historical comparisons. Recent data from the International ...