Unprecedented stimulus after 2008 recession failed to boost long-term growth: Philip Cross in the Financial Post
Despite unprecedented stimulus, Canada’s annual real GDP growth over the past four years has remained stuck in the range of ...
Tag: deficit
Should the federal deficit be more of a concern?: Philip Cross in The Star
Our reliance on deficits to prop up spending while incomes stagnate has left us poorer economically and has weakened our ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Deficit debate clouding the big picture on government spending: MLI commentary by Sean Speer
OTTAWA, ON (February 14, 2019): A recent series of speeches, articles, and debates is provoking big questions about deficits and ...
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, ...
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 ...
Deficit driven by government’s discretionary spending choices: Speer for Inside Policy
The Trudeau government cannot blame its budgetary deficit on its predecessor, external shocks or other factors, writes Sean Speer. By ...
The UK’s experience with fiscal reform: MLI paper by Daniel Mahoney
Politics in the United Kingdom is currently focused on a debate between so-called “austerity” and public investment. The past seven ...
Ottawa should avoid complacency on public finances: Sean Speer for Inside Policy
The government has shown a troubling predisposition to deficits and spending, writes Sean Speer. We need a renewed focus on ...
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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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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Canada is an energy superpower. It’s time to remind America and act like it: Heather Exner-Pirot in The Hub
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Will Justin Trudeau prorogue Parliament in the new year? History shows there’s little political cost to the practice: Dave Snow in The Hub
