Reading Time: 3 minutes Bringing government employee wages and benefits in line with private-sector norms is key to balancing B.C.’s budget
Tag: Government debt and deficit
Alberta can’t blame the equalization system for its economic mess
Reading Time: 3 minutes Undisciplined spending by successive governments is responsible for Alberta’s fiscal problems
Deficit spending is no free lunch; it’s a bill to future taxpayers
Reading Time: 3 minutes The government should stop kicking the can down the road and reduce federal spending now to avoid future tax increases
Alberta sinks deeper into a sea of red ink
Reading Time: 3 minutes The more the government spends on servicing its debt, the less is left over for priorities that Albertans value such as health care
Canadians pay the price for unnecessary Crown corporations
Reading Time: 3 minutes With more than $1 trillion locked in underperforming assets, Crown ownership is a hugely important issue for public policy debate
Shove EDC off taxpayers’ shoulders and into the private sector
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canada’s export credit agency is good at what it does. But part of that is taking risks with taxpayers’ money. It’s time for that to end
Insurance Corp. of B.C. faces uncertain future
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canada’s only mandatory insurance provider is digging a deep financial hole and the B.C. government is looking for answers
No ray of sunshine in Alberta’s fiscal forecast
Reading Time: 3 minutes Rachel Notley seems intent on duplicating the deep-diving debt performance of former Ontario NDP leader Bob Rae
Alberta crushed beneath a growing mountain of debt
Reading Time: 3 minutes The slow path to balance means the province will continue adding debt by the bucketful for many years, penalizing future taxpayers
Alberta’s fiscal fiasco threat to future generations of Albertans
Reading Time: 3 minutes Despite an improving economy, the provincial government still projects $9.1-billion deficit