Reading Time: 3 minutes Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s budget fails to address sluggish economic growth and declining business investment
Tag: Government debt and deficit
Balancing Alberta’s budget by 2023-24 isn’t good enough
Reading Time: 3 minutes Albertans have more debt, continued reliance on volatile natural resource revenue and higher taxes to look forward to
Will Trudeau keep his promise to balance the budget?
Reading Time: 3 minutes He can, by following in Jean Chretien’s footsteps and finding savings through a comprehensive review of its programs
Prepping for the reality of privatizing Canada’s power utilities
Reading Time: 3 minutes The uncertain future of Puerto Rico’s badly managed power utility (PREPA) should serve as a clear warning to several provincial governments
Upcoming government budgets must focus on competitiveness
Reading Time: 4 minutes Canadian governments have done nothing to signal to investors, entrepreneurs and businesses that they have a plan to return the country to competitiveness
Ballooning federal deficit will only worsen if economy sours
Reading Time: 3 minutes Based on historic trends, Canada is due for an economic slowdown. This means the government needs to move toward a balanced budget now
Too much taxation attacks the foundation of our economy
Reading Time: 3 minutes Leaving more money in the hands of individual Canadians, rather than government, improves economic growth and job creation
First Nations spending accountability is essential
Reading Time: 3 minutes Forward-looking Indigenous governments realize that transparency is the only way to improved social and economic conditions
Is it time for major tax reform in Canada?
Reading Time: 4 minutes It would be more prudent to make ongoing in-depth analysis of various facets of the tax system a full-time activity of the Department of Finance
Ontarians should brace for bigger – and costlier – government
Reading Time: 4 minutes Neither the Liberals nor the PCs recognize that it’s in the best interests of the province to reduce the size of government