Trudeau doesn’t know what saving money means
FRANCO TERRAZZANO: Any flicker of hope the Trudeau government will ever balance the budget has vanished
Tag: Federal budget
Recession for who? Not government employees
FRANCO TERRAZZANO: Federal bureaucrats, who weathered the pandemic in comfort, are now asking for a 14 per cent pay raise
Ottawa depending on economic blue skies to balance the budget
FRANCO TERRAZZANO: The feds could balance the budget, waste less money on interest and avoid future tax hikes by mustering a modicum of restraint
Why Trudeau should say no to a wealth tax
JAY GOLDBERG: A wealth tax is a bad idea. Trudeau government should look to make tax dollars go further and forget about the NDP’s dead-end scheme (FREE)
Trudeau budget takes on a reckless amount of new debt
MIQUEL OUELLETTE and MARIA LILY SHAW: The Liberal government budget is another step toward irresponsible indebtedness that will burden an entire generation of Canadians (FREE)
Food sector gets budget help but there are gaps
SYLVAIN CHARLEBOIS: Most Canadians will see this budget as a parenthesis, buying time before things get back to some sort of normalcy (FREE)
Economic stimulus should come from taxpayers, not governments
JAY GOLDBERG: Canadian politicians insist that massive government spending is needed to bring the economy back to life. But they’re dead wrong (FREE)
Can the federal budget put real economic building blocks in place?
ROSLYN KUNIN: When governments try to play a direct role in increasing productivity by attempting to pick winners, or through regulation, the results are usually ineffective and costly (PREMIUM)
19 steps to reviving Canada’s lackluster economy
IAN MADSEN: We need to increase personal income, improve living standards and enhance government ability to pay down the mountain of debt being accumulated (FREE)
Federal finances on a razor’s edge
TEGAN HILL and JAKE FUSS: The federal government can’t continue to ignore the warning signs of a slowing economy. It should limit discretionary spending now
Growing debt a clear and present danger to Canadian economy
ALEX WHALEN and JAKE FUSS: Canada’s debt has grown faster than the economy. That dangerous pattern casts a shadow over the nation’s long-term financial health
At election time, is all spending good spending?
LUCY MILLER: It’s right for Canadians to value a just society that leaves no one behind. But relying on ever-increasing spending to do so is driving us toward bankruptcy
Fiscal risks of potential recession await next PM
JAKE FUSS and MILAGROS PALACIOS: Any voluntary increase in spending by the federal government would further exacerbate the deficit
Does government debt really matter?
ROSLYN KUNIN: Let’s be very careful about electing a government that’s bribing us with our own money
Federal government’s appetite for spending is a serious problem
JAKE FUSS and MILAGROS PALACIOS: To pay for this rapid rise in public debt, future generations will face higher taxes
We must get federal government spending in check
JASON CLEMENS, TEGAN HILL and MILAGROS PALLACIOS: Despite higher-than-budgeted revenues, there’s been no reduction in the federal deficit in the last four years
Bad budget decisions make Canada vulnerable
TEGAN HILL and MILAGROS PALACIOS: Deficit finances put the country in a difficult situation as hints of recession abound. And the Liberal government doesn’t seem to care (FREE membership content)
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