Per-person spending in Nova Scotia has increased from $2,114 to $12,880 (in 2021 inflation-adjusted dollars) since 1965

Nova Scotia Premiers and Provincial Government Spending is a new study that reviews annual per-person program spending (inflation-adjusted) by Nova Scotia premiers from 1965 to 2021, finding that the highest single year of per-person spending on record was under Premier Robert Stanfield.

Per-person spending in New Brunswick has increased from $2,346 to $11,835 (in 2021 inflation-adjusted dollars) since 1965

New Brunswick Premiers and Provincial Government Spending is a new study that reviews annual per-person program spending (inflation-adjusted) by New Brunswick premiers from 1965 to 2021, finding that the highest single year of per-person spending on record was under Premier Louis Robichaud, with a 17.3 per cent average annual change in per person spending.

Friedrich Hayek—Part 2: Hayek and Lockdowns

In this follow up to Part 1—just in time to honour the nearly 80-year anniversary of Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom—host Rosemarie Fike is once again joined by economist Donald Boudreaux of George Mason University to discuss how Friedrich Hayek shaped the field of political economy well into the 21st century. They even get into how Hayek would’ve felt about the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdown measures taken during.

Commentary and Blog Posts

Ontario’s budget includes path to balance, but party with taxpayer money is not over

by Jake Fuss

The budget projects a deficit of $1.3 billion this year.

Federal government continues to peddle misleading debt numbers

by Jason Clemens, Jake Fuss, and Milagros Palacios

The total value of government debt in 2022 in Canada exceeded the entire size of the economy by more than 10 per cent.

Nova Scotia government abandons any semblance of fiscal responsibility

by Alex Whalen and Jake Fuss

The budget projects a deficit of $278.9 million this year.

Ottawa’s plastics ban is bad for the environment

(Appeared in the National Post) by Elmira Aliakbari and Julio Mejia

According to the government’s own report, 99 per cent of the country’s plastic waste is already disposed of safely.

Government policies help push grocery prices higher in Canada

(Appeared in the Hub) by Alex Whalen and Jake Fuss

Supply management costs the average Canadian household an estimated extra $300 to $444 annually.

Federal government should stop spending spree in next week’s budget

(Appeared in the Ottawa Sun) by Matthew Lau

The government says it’s spent more than $120 billion on climate change since 2015.

Education schools do poor job of training teachers

(Appeared in the Epoch Times) by Michael Zwaagstra

The more students know about a topic, the more likely they’ll be able to read and understand it.

Ontario government should learn from B.C.’s debt bomb

by Ben Eisen and Jake Fuss

Ontario's government debt has reached nearly $400 billion.

Higher capital gains taxes will further threaten living standards in Canada

(Appeared in the Financial Post) by Jason Clemens and Jake Fuss

Business investment (excluding residential development) is down 22.5 per cent.

Next week’s federal budget will answer critical questions about Canada’s future

(Appeared in the Edmonton Sun) by Jake Fuss

The Trudeau government has recorded the five highest levels of federal spending per person in Canadian history.

Saskatchewan records budget surplus but remains on resource revenue roller-coaster

by Tegan Hill and Jake Fuss

Per-person spending will reach $14,790 in 2023/24—an increase of about 5 per cent from 2019/20.

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