Our risk-loving politicians play with fiscal fire: Jack Mintz in the Financial Post
Parties are out-competing themselves in massive giveaways in the belief that deficit spending has no economic cost, writes Jack Mintz ...
Tag: deficit
Get ready for naughty little taxes: Jack Mintz in the Financial Post
Naughty little taxes are low in revenues (typically less than a half point of GDP) but high in virtue signalling, ...
Should we be worried about government debt? Yes: Philip Cross in the Star
The high level of government debt in Canada, when the economy is recovering rapidly, reflects an unwillingness to make hard ...
Let’s stress-test government: Jack Mintz in the Financial Post
What kind of shape would the federal and provincial governments be in if the cost of borrowing were two percentage ...
Chrystia Freeland’s tough week trying to defend breathtaking permanent spending plans: Jack Mintz in the Financial Post
Photo by Joseph Morris At some point, Freeland will have to tell us we can’t spend what we can’t afford, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Ottawa is in a ‘vicious circle’ of spending due to the pandemic: Philip Cross on BNN Bloomberg
MLI senior fellow Philip Cross appeared on BNN Bloomberg to discuss the testimony of Evan Siddall, the president and CEO ...
A modest proposal on public service pay to help tackle the ballooning deficit: Philip Cross in the Financial Post
A permanent 20% reduction of public service pay seems warranted. Either that or the doubling of pension plan contributions, writes ...
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 ...
The 2010s were a lost decade of debt: Philip Cross in the National Post
The combination of a decade of slow income growth and mounting debt has left Canada’s economy vulnerable to a shock, ...
Sorry Mr. Trudeau, there’s nothing ‘progressive’ about reckless deficits: Jack Mintz in the Financial Post
Expect the federal government to go on a spending binge, making it much more difficult to keep debt as a ...
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Unfortunately for Canadian consumers and creators, the Online Streaming Act is performing exactly as predicted: Peter Menzies in the Hub
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Mexican cartels are a direct threat to Canada’s public safety, and the future of North American trade: Gary J. Hale for Inside Policy
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Canadians are very unhappy with the federal public service—and for good reason: Tim Sargent in The Hub
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An economist on Ottawa’s GST holiday. Spoiler alert – Santa Claus is not real: Tim Sargent in the Globe and Mail
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Canada is an energy superpower. It’s time to remind America and act like it: Heather Exner-Pirot in The Hub
