Reading Time: 3 minutes By kicking today’s debt down the road, the federal government is passing the burden of repayment to young Canadian families
Author: Jake Fuss
Jake Fuss is an Economist at the Fraser Institute. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Master’s Degree in Public Policy from the University of Calgary. Mr. Fuss has written commentaries appearing in major Canadian newspapers including the Globe and Mail, Toronto Sun, and National Post. His research covers a wide range of policy issues including government spending, debt, taxation, labour policy, and charitable giving.
Deeply flawed soda tax rife with unintended consequences
Reading Time: 3 minutes Evidence in other countries shows that consumption taxes don’t address the root targets in meaningful ways
Government spending must be a federal election issue
Reading Time: 3 minutes Sound fiscal policy can come from any party. Canadians need facts, not fiction and rhetoric
Trudeau government’s reckless spending digging deep hole
Reading Time: 3 minutes Future generations will pay higher taxes to finance today’s debt growth. And what has this record debt brought us?
Trudeau’s deficit spending cripples the country
Reading Time: 3 minutes Mounting debt pushes up interest costs, consuming resources that could be used to fund important public services or provide tax relief
Federal budget full of puzzling contradictions
Reading Time: 3 minutes With one hand, the government gives. With the other hand, it takes away benefits to taxpayers
This budget season, Canada must lower taxes on entrepreneurs
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canada is at a huge disadvantage for attracting and retaining those we rely on for innovation, employment growth and prosperity
“Inevitable” recession will seriously derail federal finances
Reading Time: 4 minutes The government must apply the brakes on spending in the spring budget and focus on deficit reduction
CPP takes bigger bite from Canadians
Reading Time: 4 minutes But much of the justification for expanding the pension plan is debatable or downright wrong
Federal spending dangerously near record Canadian levels
Reading Time: 3 minutes Increasing the size and role of government almost always comes with larger deficits, mounting debt and/or tax increases