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  1. Fiscal Consequences of Higher Spending on K-12 Public Schools in Canada

    Spending decisions by governments have consequences beyond just the direct effects of the new or expanded spending. Additional spending today requires either higher taxes today or, when financed by deficits (i.e., borrowing), higher taxes in the ...

  2. Ontario’s economic pain is spread unevenly around the province

    Appeared in the Toronto Sun, December 2, 2016 It’s no secret Ontario has experienced economic pain in recent years. This pain, however, has not been spread evenly. While the province’s overall economic performance has been nothing to write home about, ...

  3. The Five Solitudes of Ontario: A Regional Analysis of Labour Market Performance in Post-Recession Ontario

    Ontario has experienced more than its share of economic pain in recent years. Between 2003 and 2014, real economic growth per person in Ontario has averaged just 0.3% annually. That’s less than one third of the rate of real per-person economic growth in ...

  4. One Energy Boom, Two Approaches: Fiscal Restraint Has Left Texas in Better Shape than Alberta

    Prior to the recent fall in energy prices, the economies of Alberta and Texas enjoyed prolonged economic booms. The booms began in earnest in 2004, when real economic growth in the two jurisdictions reached approximately 5 percent. Although there have ...

  5. Counting Votes: Essays on Electoral Reform

      On June 7, 2016, the government formed the Parliamentary Committee on Electoral Reform, as part of the Liberal government’s campaign promise that 2015 would be the last election held under first-past-the-post (FPTP). The committee’s task is to deliver ...

  6. Understanding the Increases in Education Spending in Public Schools in Canada, 2016 Edition

    : Education spending on public schools in Canada increased by $18.2 billion (41.1%) between 2004/05 and 2013/14, from $44.3 billion to $62.6 billion. Compensation (salaries and wages, fringe benefits, and pensions) accounts for most of the increase ...

  7. The Myth of Middle-Class Stagnation in Canada

      A frequently heard complaint is that for the past several decades middle-class workers and families in Canada have stagnated economically. A typical rendition of this claim appears in the 2016 federal budget from the Department of Finance in Ottawa: ...

  8. Education Spending and Public Student Enrolment in Canada, 2016 Edition

    To accurately understand education spending, both enrolment changes and the effects of price changes must be considered. For Canada as a whole, over the last decade (2004-05 to 2013-14), the increase in per-student spending in public schools is 25 ...

  9. Ontario vs. Michigan: Policy Lessons from the Wolverine State

    Michigan’s strong economic performance since 2011 stands in contrast to Ontario, a jurisdiction that also has a large manufacturing base as a central feature of its economy but one that has not experienced an economic resurgence comparable to Michigan’s ...

  10. Electoral Rules and Fiscal Policy Outcomes

    The federal Liberal government is committed to change Canada’s electoral system in time for the next election. While there are a number of political and electoral aspects of this policy change to consider, one area that has been ignored thus far is how ...