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Free money? Think twice.
Free money for everyone when the Finance Minister makes a mistake! I’m referring of course to the government’s proposal to give a third of “unanticipated“ future federal budget surpluses back…
The O’Neill Report on Federal Fiscal Forecasting
The dilemmas created by the government’s “no-deficit” fiscal rule Download 95.35 KB4 pages…
Federal Fiscal Forecasting Round 3
Report to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance Download 208.03 KB…
Liberal/NDP deal no “Faustian Bargain”
So there is an agreement in principle between the Liberals and the NDP. In return for helping to prevent this government from falling before it can even get the 2005…
Check the math before crying class warfare
“Canada’s Top 10% Pay 52% Of The Total Tax Bill” announced the front-page story in the Saturday Globe and Mail. Quite a sensational claim on the front page of a…
Is Stephen Harper a cheap date?
“What is wrong with you lefties?” asked the Economist of Considerable Renown. “That budget was a win for you.” In the immediate aftermath of the federal budget, I was still…
Debunking the U-shaped Budget Surplus
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What Should We Do With the Federal Budget Surplus?
Alternative Federal Budget 2005: Technical Paper #1 Download 273.83 KB16 pages…
Liberals employing a piggy-bank debt strategy
Another lowball from the federal government. Instead of a $1.9 billion surplus as forecast last year, the Liberal finance minister this week announced that the government was really sitting on…
Can They Pay for What They Say?
A Pre-Election Comparison of the Conservative, Liberal, and New Democratic Platforms Download…
Can They Pay for What They Say?
Adding up the cost of the political parties’ election promises Promises, promises – it’s election time again. But can the three major national parties pay for what they are promising…
Crying Wolf Again?
A Pre-Budget Assessment of Federal Finances Download 143.8 KB6 pages…
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