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When is it Appropriate to Run Budget Deficits? and James M. Buchanan and the Political Economy of Debt Financing are two essays in a new series on government deficits that address the federal government’s habit of running deficits, and emphasize lessons pioneered by Nobel-laureate economist James Buchanan on government deficits and the burden on future generations.
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The Indian Act—A Barrier to Entrepreneurship finds that Ottawa could improve First Nations entrepreneurship, which is key to prosperity, by further removing barriers to property rights within the Indian Act.
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Associate professor of economics at the University of Lethbridge and senior fellow at the Fraser Institute, Danny Le Roy, joins me this week to discuss the politics and economics of the dairy industry and agriculture in Canada, specifically how supply management works. We even get into who the real winners and losers are under this model.
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(Appeared in the Financial Post) by Bruce Pardy
The new Act's assessment factors include gender-based analysis and climate change accounting.
(Appeared in the Toronto Sun) by Jason Clemens and Niels Veldhuis
Last election, the prime minister said he doesn’t worry about monetary policy.
(Appeared in the Globe and Mail) by Alex Whalen
The province has underperformed compared to other provinces in attracting business investment.
(Appeared in the Calgary Sun) by Tegan Hill
The province's revenues could be up to $28 billion higher over the next two years.
by Jake Fuss
The federal government projects a $52.8 billion budget deficit for 2022/23.
by Alex Whalen
Government spending represented 40.4 per cent of the country's economy in 2019, up from 37.4 per cent in 2007.
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