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by Jake Fuss and Grady Munro
The actual federal deficit this year will reach a projected $78.3 billion.
(Appeared in the Globe and Mail) by Jake Fuss and Grady Munro
To pay for today’s debt accumulation, governments in the future may raise taxes.
by Jock Finlayson and Steven Globerman
The federal government plans to admit 380,000 new permanent immigrants annually from 2026 to 2028.
by Jason Clemens and Jake Fuss
Government bureaucrats and politicians pay little price if they produce less than expected.
(Appeared in the Toronto Sun) by Jake Fuss and Grady Munro
The government plans to spend $585.8 billion this year, an increase of $27.5 billion compared to last December's forecast.
by Jake Fuss and Austin Thompson
The BCH budget will be $13 billion over five years.
by Kenneth P. Green and Elmira Aliakbari
From 2014/15 to 2024/25, federal spending on "green" initiatives increased from $0.6 billion to $23 billion.
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Canada’s Productivity Performance: An Historical Perspective, 1981–2024 finds that over the past four decades, and particularly since 2001, labour productivity—key to raising living standards for workers—has increased faster in the US than in Canada. In fact, from 2001 to 2024, labour productivity increased more than three times as fast in the US (54.7 per cent) compared to Canada (16.5 per cent).
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Risk and Reward: Indigenous Loan Guarantees for Resource Megaprojects finds that in order to mitigate the risks involved in the $20 billion governments have earmarked for Indigenous loan guarantees to facilitate participation in infrastructure projects, lessons should be learned from past successes and failures.
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Many voters in the 905 and B.C.'s Lower Mainland are immigrants who are more conservative than many native-born Canadians.
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(Appeared in the Epoch Times) by Bruce Pardy
For Canadian intelligentsia, judicial supremacy is the natural order of things.
by Jake Fuss and Grady Munro
The Ontario government this year projects a budget deficit of $13.5 billion.
by Ben Eisen
The B.C. government currently has the largest projected budget deficit in Canada (relative the size of its provincial economy).
(Appeared in the Calgary Sun) by Tegan Hill
Grants are one of the largest expenses for many of the Alberta government’s ministries.
(Appeared in the Edmonton Journal) by Nadeem Esmail and Tegan Hill
In 2024, the province's median wait time for a CT scan was 12 weeks and 24 weeks for an MRI.
(Appeared in the Hamilton Spectator) by Jake Fuss and Tegan Hill
There’s little to no empirical evidence that subsidizing select businesses creates jobs on net.
by Ben Eisen and Milagros Palacios
Canada’s per-person GDP actually declined by 2 per cent from 2020 to 2024.
by Ben Eisen
At $50,000, the province's income tax rate is 14.95 per cent—the highest in the country.
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