Reading Time: 3 minutes The complaint from some provinces that Ottawa is shortchanging them is false
Author: Ben Eisen
Ben Eisen is a Senior Fellow in Fiscal and Provincial Prosperity Studies and former Director of Provincial Prosperity Studies at the Fraser Institute. He holds a BA from the University of Toronto and an MPP from the University of Toronto’s School of Public Policy and Governance. Prior to joining the Fraser Institute Mr. Eisen was the Director of Research and Programmes at the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies in Halifax. He also worked for the Citizens Budget Commission in New York City, and in Winnipeg as the Assistant Research Director for the Frontier Centre for Public Policy. Mr. Eisen has published influential studies on several policy topics, including intergovernmental relations, public finance, and higher education policy.
Bad economic news just keeps hammering Alberta
Reading Time: 3 minutes The collapse in oil prices aggravated by Notley government’s economically damaging policies
Ontario’s per-person debt burden will soon exceed Quebec’s
Reading Time: 3 minutes Both provinces spend between nine and 10 cents out each revenue dollar on debt service payments
Notley government policies reducing Albertans living standards
Reading Time: 3 minutes Recently implemented policies will negatively impact living standards and economic opportunities
Federal tax hike another blow to Alberta economy
Reading Time: 3 minutes Alberta’s top rate climbs from 39 per cent to 48 per cent because of recent provincial/federal increases
Trudeau government middle-class tax cut right in principle
Reading Time: 4 minutes But it’s taking the wrong approach
Alberta’s new carbon tax anything but revenue neutral
Reading Time: 3 minutes It is more accurate to describe the Notley government’s policy approach as “tax and spend”
Carbon tax major blow to Alberta’s investment climate
Reading Time: 3 minutes A carbon tax latest nail in the coffin for the Alberta Advantage
Ontario needs to speed up its deficit reduction
Reading Time: 3 minutes The government’s recent record on fiscal issues casts doubt on whether it will meet this target
Finance minister former chair of CD Howe Institute
Reading Time: 4 minutes The research and ideas Morneau was exposed to during his time at the CD Howe Institute should help shape the Trudeau government’s policies