Economic analysis

Kevin Milligan breaks down three problems he has with the Conservatives’ income-splitting Family Tax Cut

The tax change would ’impose a fiscal straightjacket on future administrations’

The hit to oil sands development from the most commonly discussed greenhouse gas policies would be surprisingly small

Oil sands production will continue to increase in the near term, likely through 2020 if not beyond, unless prices decrease materially relative to today

Six years after a panel of business leaders recommended ways to make Canada more competitive, the government has moved backward rather than forward in some key areas

We make assumptions about low and modest-income Canadians, and spend too much time worrying about people gaming the system

A Q&A with Richard Koo, one of the world’s top economic thinkers on the dangers of debt and deleveraging—and why Canada should watch out

It seems pretty clear that the Conservatives will be able to announce a small surplus when it brings down its budget in April

Expanding the TFSA limit will be of benefit mostly to high-wealth households who have made out very well over the last thirty years compared to those in the middle or bottom

Jonathan Chevreau responds to today’s Broadbent and PBO reports