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 ...
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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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
AUDIO: Beyond the Budget: Examining Canadian Fiscal Policy: Speer on Beyond the Headlines
Click here to listen to Munk Senior Fellow Sean Speer on Beyond the Headlines discussing Canadian fiscal policy in light ...
VIDEO: Budget preview: Why one expert is skeptical the government will help businesses: Cross on BNN
Watch Munk Senior Fellow Philip Cross discuss the upcoming federal budget on BNN.
Budget Will Show if Federal Government can Buck Historical Trends and Cut Spending Growth: MLI Study by Sean Speer
OTTAWA, ON (Feb. 21, 2018): Tuesday’s federal budget will reveal whether the federal government’s plans to dramatically reduce the rate of ...
Munk Senior Fellow Sean Speer on Ottawa’s deficit
Watch Munk Senior Fellow Sean Speer comment on Ottawa's deficit and budget projections.
Canadians should insist Ottawa get more disciplined on spending: Sean Speer in Sun papers
Canadians should refocus their attention on Ottawa's ballooning budgetary deficit, writes Sean Speer. By Sean Speer, April 4, 2017 A ...
Incremental Progress and Deficit Dangers in Budget 2017: Sean Speer for Inside Policy
The 2017 Budget does reveal incremental progress in certain policy areas, writes Sean Speer. But we need to be very ...
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Quebec’s dairy farmers are blocking free trade in Canada: Stuart J. Smyth for Reason
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How much did Canada’s trade retaliation and boycotts actually hurt the U.S.? Trevor Tombe in The Hub
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University of Toronto education project risks reinforcing Russian disinformation: Marcus Kolga in the National Post
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‘Far too serious for such uninformed, careless journalism’: MLI’s Mia Hughes pens formal complaint challenging Globe article on gender medicine
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Crisis of Conformity: The urgent need to restore open inquiry and free expression in Canada’s universities
