Liberal government is placing a daring fiscal bet with its massive deficit spending plan: Christian Leuprecht in CBC
By gambling it can get a free lunch, the federal government is making a daring fiscal bet, writes Christian Leuprecht in CBC. By...
Chrystia Freeland’s tough week trying to defend breathtaking permanent spending plans: Jack Mintz in the Financial Post
At some point, Freeland will have to tell us we can’t spend what we can’t afford, writes Jack Mintz in the Financial Post....
Understanding the 2019 Budget: Sean Speer on BNN Bloomberg
Following the unveiling of the Federal Government’s 2019 Budget, MLI Munk Senior Fellow Sean Speer provided extensive commentary on BNN Bloomberg. This budget...
Weaponizing deficit spending as a political tool: Sean Speer for Inside Policy
The 2019 budget reveals the government’s attempt to make a budgetary deficit a central part of its political argument, writes Sean Speer. By...
Another sprawling, unfocused budget, and so little to show for all the red ink: Philip Cross in the Financial Post
Spending in this budget is not concentrated in specific areas where government can make a difference, but spread far and wide so it...
Structural deficits expose Canada’s economy to risk: Sean Speer for Inside Policy
The Trudeau government’s deficit is increasingly driven by deliberate choices to spend more than it collects in revenues, writes Sean Speer. By Sean...
Perpetual deficits and the failure to make tough choices: Sean Speer for Inside Policy
In its Fall Economic Statement, the government now anticipates perpetual deficits with no return to budgetary balance on the horizon, writes Sean Speer....
Fall economic update is a chance to correct three years of flawed policy: Speer and Crowley in the Globe and Mail
Minister Morneau is right to put competitiveness back at the centre of his agenda. It should have been there all along. Work and...
Debate is needed on Ottawa's spending plans: Sean Speer in the Toronto Sun
Ottawa shouldn’t be running deficits for deficit’s sake or spending for spending’s sake; protecting the federal government’s fiscal capacity must be a priority...
Fiscal policy must be sustainable over the long term: Sean Speer and Robert Asselin in Policy Options
In order to make sound budgetary choices the federal government need a fiscal policy framework that is evidence-based and is sustainable in the...
