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Tag Archives: federal budget

Expect more broken promises in federal budget as spending grows faster than economy: Jack Mintz in the Financial Post

It was wrong to push up deficits during good times, which now hangs as a massive weight on the Trudeau government’s fiscal neck,...

 

March 9, 2020 at 8:12 pm read more

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...

 

March 18, 2019 at 4:59 pm read more
Sean Speer, US deficit, deficit reduction

What's the source of the federal deficit?: Speer for Inside Policy

A post-budget debate has ensued about the source of Ottawa’s deficits, writes Sean Speer for Inside Policy. By Sean Speer, March 6, 2018...

 

March 6, 2018 at 3:04 pm read more
Trudeau and Morneau Budget 2018 presentation

We need a more focused debate on how government can better manage fiscal risks: Speer in the Telegraph-Journal

Regarding last week's federal budget, readers will hear plenty about revenue and spending growth, debt-to-GDP ratios, and other metrics and measurements used to argue...

 

March 5, 2018 at 3:10 pm read more

Budget doesn’t make grade in truly helping women to narrow wage gap: Nazareth in the Globe and Mail

The reasons for the pay gap between men and women are not particularly new, writes Linda Nazareth in the Globe and Mail. By...

 

March 1, 2018 at 5:59 pm read more
Trudeau and Morneau Budget 2018 presentation

The Liberals' budget is the dismal triumph of symbolism over substance: Cross in the Financial Post

Three years into its mandate and the cupboard of big new ideas is bare, now that the comprehensive tax reform is dead after...

 

February 28, 2018 at 4:55 pm read more

Bigger deficit in federal budget?: Speer in the Toronto Sun

Bill Morneau will table his third budget this week. It marks an important moment in the life of his government, writes Munk Senior...

 

February 26, 2018 at 10:36 pm read more

Pre-election pressure could lead to increased government spending: Speer for Inside Policy

There may be pressures on the government's budget the closer we get to the next federal election, writes Munk Senior Fellow Sean Speer...

 

February 25, 2018 at 7:13 pm read more

MLI work cited in Hillwatch paper "Willful Blindness in Federal Budget-Making"

Tuesday June 4, 2013 - Ottawa government relations firm Hillwatch today released their paper "Willful Blindness in the Federal Budget-Making Process" which identifies...

 

June 4, 2013 at 3:44 pm read more

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    Patient care and not phoney bureaucratic metrics or political grandstanding about equality has to be the focus for everyone, writes Philip Cross in...

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    Europeans will wait just one week for their Pfizer shipments to return to normal levels, while Canadians will wait for four weeks, writes...

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    OTTAWA, ON (January 21, 2021): Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor have languished as hostages in China’s brutal prisons for over two years. And...

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Local Reaction to an Inauguration like no other: Elliot Tepper on CTV News

 MLI research advisory board member Elliot Tepper joined CTV News to discuss the inauguration of Joe Biden. "I think it will be...

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