Reading Time: 4 minutes While no single solution will resolve the province’s fiscal crisis, an LBO would ensure that elected officials are informed in their deliberations
Tag: Newfoundland economy
Killing the goose that laid the golden egg
Reading Time: 4 minutes Increasingly harsh and ever-shifting resource-related government policies are killing jobs and making Canadians poorer
Trudeau’s small business tax grab will hit Atlantic Canada hard
Reading Time: 3 minutes Ottawa’s plan is confiscatory and destructive for a region where everyone already pays far too much in tax
Gasoline price-fixing harms Atlantic Canada
Reading Time: 3 minutes Controls were intended to ease consumer anger over rare but large price fluctuations. But government isn’t meant to be an anger management therapist
It’s time for a cross-country, face-to-face energy conversation
Reading Time: 3 minutes The petroleum sector needs to move in synch with changing societal expectations. And Canadians will be surprised to discover how far the sector has progressed
Revenue wells run dry in Newfoundland and Labrador
Reading Time: 3 minutes The latest provincial budget continues a risky strategy: spending far beyond the government’s means, as the debt continues to pile up
Creditors will be chief audience for Newfoundland budget
Reading Time: 3 minutes The financial problem facing the government is so large that it will need to borrow enormous amounts over the next five years, no matter what
Energy sector needs its own Elon Musk
Reading Time: 3 minutes The sector needs someone who, like Musk, is driven by a passion for what he does and can capture the public’s imagination
The ups and downs of boom-bust oil
Reading Time: 3 minutes Breaking up monopolies and trusts deemed to be manipulating markets led to some unintended consequences, including price volatility
Looking for affordable housing? Try Atlantic provinces
Reading Time: 3 minutes In an age of bloated house prices in many urban centres, Atlantic Canada’s situation is enviable