Feb 11, 2014
What to expect in Harper's budget today
Brent Patterson
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty says that this year's budget won't show a surplus, but that the spring 2015 budget will, just in time for the October 2015 election.
Jim Flaherty
Feb 10, 2014
A tone deaf government cuts off its own nose
Geoffrey Stevens
Julian Fantino's treatment of veterans, Jim Flaherty's rebuff of premiers' request to amend the CPP, show Conservative spitefulness even towards their own kind.
Jan 17, 2014
The loonie returns to earth after a long flight of fancy
The present downturn of the Canadian dollar is a welcome, but overdue, reversal to a decade-long, pointless and destructive financial detour for our currency.
Dec 9, 2013
Don't believe the hype, Canada's banks can't weather another recession
Nick Fillmore
If Canada's banking regulations are not substantially toughened by the time the next global financial crisis hits, our Big Six banks may very well find themselves in serious trouble. Again.
Dec 9, 2013
Flaherty's funny math with the EI surplus
Angella MacEwen
A new report from the PBO suggests that the Conservatives will balance the budget ahead of schedule. But, and it's a big but, if there were no EI surplus, there would be no balanced budget in 2016.
Nov 18, 2013
Why the Tories can win again in 2015 – and probably will
Geoffrey Stevens
Jim Flaherty's good-news speech reinforces the Conservatives' belief that Canadians will vote mostly on stewardship of the economy.
Nov 14, 2013
Balanced budget come hell or service cuts or asset fire sales
David Macdonald
The larger surplus in the fall update is due to asset sales and service cuts, which are only partially offset by a freeze in EI premiums. There is no financial management magic here.
Nov 9, 2013
Shed a tear for Rob Ford … or risk making a 'red meat conservative' blubber
David J. Climenhaga
Crybaby Canadian conservatives demand forgiveness for their crackhead Toronto mayor so they can get back to insulting the rest of us ASAP for being bleeding hearts.
Sep 10, 2013
EI premium freeze leaves unemployed Canadians in the cold
Erin Weir
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty announced a three-year freeze on Employment Insurance (EI) premiums, ostensibly because a stronger job market has alleviated the need for additional premium revenue.
Aug 16, 2013
Austerity chokes the down-and-out, as Harper and Flaherty look the other way
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.
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