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Carney poised to dethrone Trudeau as biggest spender in Canadian history(Appeared in the Globe and Mail) by Jake FussAccording to the Liberal platform, this year’s deficit will increase from $42.2 billion to a projected $62.4 billion. Vancouver School Board’s ‘living wage’ gimmick came with real costs(Appeared in the Epoch Times) by Michael ZwaagstraA school board, like any other organization, must set priorities because it can’t do everything. Low oil prices could have big consequences for Alberta’s financesby Tegan HillAlbertans will pay a projected $600 each in provincial government debt interest in 2025/26. New federal government plans to run larger deficits and borrow more money than predecessor’s planby Jake Fuss and Grady MunroThe Trudeau government had planned to run a $42.2 billion deficit—the Carney government plans to increase it to $62.3 billion. How Trump’s tariffs affect U.S. economic freedom—and why that matters(Appeared in the Anchorage Daily News) by Robert A. Lawson and Matthew D. MitchellIndividuals are more economically free when they are allowed to make more of their own economic choices. Governments in Alberta should spur homebuilding amid population explosion(Appeared in the Calgary Sun) by Tegan Hill and Austin ThompsonThe province has set new population growth records every year since 2022, with the largest-ever increase of 186,704 new residents in 2024. New federal government should pull the plug on Canada’s EV revolution(Appeared in the Toronto Sun) by Kenneth P. GreenFord Motor Company last summer scrapped its planned EV plant in Ontario—after $640 million in federal and provincial support. Economically free women are economically prosperous womenby Matthew D. MitchellEconomically free women earn more than seven times as much and live 14 years longer on average. Nova Scotia’s population explosion dwarfs homebuilding rate(Appeared in the Halifax Chronicle Herald) by Alex Whalen and Austin ThompsonIn 2023, the province added a record 29,134 new residents—nearly double the pre-pandemic peak in 2019. |
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