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Tag Archives: Government Spending

1,000,000,000,000: William Watson in the Financial Post

Will Ottawa borrowing $100 million more produce more benefits than leaving the money with Canadians to spend? writes William Watson in the Financial...

 

March 1, 2021 at 8:08 pm read more

Chrystia Freeland's doublethink: Philip Cross in the Financial Post

The unrelenting decades-long focus on short-term stimulus for the economy has been at the expense of ignoring the long-term damage stimulus does to...

 

December 4, 2020 at 3:19 pm read more

All the green subways in the world won’t get pilots flying again: William Watson in the Financial Post

Once we have immunity to the virus, there is going to be so much pent-up demand for these currently devastated sectors that fiscal...

 

December 2, 2020 at 2:50 pm read more

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...

 

December 1, 2020 at 1:35 pm read more

In government spending and deficits, we're now No. 1 in the world: Jack Mintz in the Financial Post

Unproductive public spending outstripping economic growth will be our real albatross threatening prosperity in years ahead, writes Jack Mintz in the Financial Post....

 

October 22, 2020 at 7:16 pm read more

Health-care roadblocks stymie patients: David Zitner in Troy Media

The Nova Scotia Health Authority lets an inefficient telephone system act as an important barrier to timely care, writes David Zitner.  By David...

 

August 31, 2020 at 6:33 pm read more

Warning! Liberal spending blitz ahead: Jack Mintz in the Financial Post

The Trudeau government seems bent on bribing voters with mountains of new debt that it will leave for others to pay, writes Jack...

 

August 24, 2020 at 8:12 pm read more

We don't need higher taxes to slay government debt: Jack Mintz in the Financial Post

Hiking taxes is the worst economic choice to achieve both growth and fiscal sustainability, writes Jack Mintz in the Financial Post. Below is...

 

July 29, 2020 at 10:39 am read more

Governments need to be business-like cost-cutters: Philip Cross in the Financial Post

Only lower costs guarantee an improved bottom line, writes Philip Cross in the Financial Post. Below is an excerpt of the article, which...

 

June 30, 2020 at 5:56 pm read more

What's the best model for fiscal reform? Speer in Inside Policy

Any government aiming to enact fiscal reform is predictably focused on a basic question: How can it achieve meaningful and durable fiscal savings...

 

March 22, 2018 at 6:40 pm read more

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