Reading Time: 3 minutes Ontario is responsible for 56% of new provincial net debt, despite accounting for about 40% of Canada’s population and economic output
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.
Ontario in no position to increase teacher salaries
Reading Time: 3 minutes Expenditures per student have already increased by 34 per cent over the last decade
The Trudeau government’s short-lived ‘fiscal anchor’
Reading Time: 3 minutes Only two months after introducing it, the Trudeau government abandons its “fiscal anchor” commitment
Premier Clark’s record on fiscal policy is positive
Reading Time: 3 minutes But there is still room for improvement
Fiscal storm brewing in Newfoundland and Labrador
Reading Time: 4 minutes The seriousness of Newfoundland and Labrador’s fiscal problems demand bold and decisive action
Canada’s former economic leaders now its fiscal laggards
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canada cannot reach its full economic potential if Alberta and Ontario are economically weak and burdened by unsound fiscal policies
Cash from Ottawa won’t solve Alberta’s deficit problems
Reading Time: 3 minutes Low oil prices aren’t what’s driving Alberta’s fiscal troubles
Another rating agency tells Alberta to take ‘corrective fiscal action’
Reading Time: 3 minutes Moody’s join Standard and Poor’s to warn of rapid debt accumulation
Alberta wage freeze good first step in getting finances back on track
Reading Time: 3 minutes But even bolder steps to reduce provincial spending needed if the province is not to face greater fiscal challenges down the road
The cost of government debt addiction in Canada
Reading Time: 3 minutes Interest payments on the debt leave less money to spend on health care, education and social services