News
Nick Fillmore
| The aggressive austerity cuts carried out by Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Finance Minister Jim Flaherty over the past seven years have come home to roost. |
Blog
Karl Nerenberg
| If the knowledgeable and determined PPO has been unable to find out the full details of the government's plans, what hope is there for the rest of us? |
Blog
Marc Lee
| For the Harper Government, the optics of tabling a balanced budget by 2015, in time for the next election, seem to trump the reality of unemployed Canadians right now. |
Columnists
Duncan Cameron
| Canada needs to be rid of the idea that for the public good, and the general welfare, the federal government needs to balance the budget. |
Blog
Karl Nerenberg
| If Flaherty were to decide to give away an additional $2 billion to the oil and gas industry, he would, of course, have to find an additional $2 billion in spending cuts and loophole closings. |
Blog
David J. Climenhaga
| Like it or not, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is going to go down in history as the guy who got caught with his hand in the … moisturizer jar. |
Blog
David J. Climenhaga
| So, seriously, how stupid is this? Of course we've got a freaking revenue problem! We don't collect enough taxes. |
Blog
David Macdonald
| Despite the upbeat messaging around the "Update of Economic and Fiscal Projections" there are concerning underlying trends with the country and its finances. |
Columnists
Duncan Cameron
| Jim Flaherty and Stephen Harper are worried about America heading off towards the "fiscal cliff". They do not seem ashamed that Conservatives' spending cuts propel Canada in the same direction. |
Blog
Louis Gaudreau
| In a recent interview, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty suggested privatizing the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation within the next 5 to 10 years. |
Blog
David J. Climenhaga
| Why are the Harper Conservatives pushing a piece of legislative junk like Bill C-377? To try to get the NDP Opposition on record defending "union bosses." |
Blog
Armine Yalnizyan
| Last May federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said there was no such thing as a bad job. The Law Commission of Ontario may disagree. |