Reading Time: 3 minutes The idea might have some intuitive appeal but misses the bigger point – Toronto needs more housing
Author: Steve Lafleur
Steve's past work has focused primarily on housing, transportation, local government and inter-governmental fiscal relations. His current focus is on economic competitiveness of jurisdictions in the Prairie provinces.
Did the Alberta government really slow down spending growth?
Reading Time: 3 minutes The recently released fiscal update shows program spending up nearly 10 per cent from last year’s level
Ontario government’s plan: let Toronto traffic get worse
Reading Time: 3 minutes By burying the latest modest road-pricing scheme, Queen’s Park virtually guarantees worsening traffic congestion in the GTA for the foreseeable future
Government’s spendthrift ways are burying Albertans in debt
Reading Time: 3 minutes The government’s claim that Alberta’s deficit is as big as it is because of forces outside of the province’s control is untrue
Let’s make room for skilled workers in Metro Vancouver
Reading Time: 3 minutes If housing costs remain high, and rental vacancy rates stay razor-thin, the region may soon be out of reach to locals and newcomers alike
Canada needs a strong Alberta economy
Reading Time: 3 minutes The recent census gives Canadians a sense of the outsized role Alberta has played in powering Canada’s economy
Despite big deficit, Alberta leads the country in spending growth
Reading Time: 3 minutes The provincial government has made no meaningful efforts to slow the rate of spending growth to stem the flood of red ink
Why Alberta can’t get a handle on its chronic deficits
Reading Time: 3 minutes The fundamental problem in Alberta is that spending growth over several years exceeds revenue growth, and is growing faster than other key economic metrics
Notley’s tax hikes compounded a bad year for Alberta
Reading Time: 3 minutes Aside from the approval of two crucial pipeline projects, Alberta didn’t have much to celebrate in 2016
B.C.’s interest-free loans could hurt new homebuyers
Reading Time: 3 minutes Stoking demand for housing without a significant increase in housing stock will likely do more harm than good