Justin Trudeau claims to be a fiscal conservative. He’s not.
The PM’s statements in praise of fiscal responsibility are dubious, considering his government’s first budget
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Poloz takes on the ’cavalier’ critics of fiscal stimulus
Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz comes to the defence of deficit spending and its effect on growth
Canada joins global anti-austerity club
New Liberal government promotes the purse strings-loosening principles of its new federal budget
Trudeau proves the tax boutique is still open for business
The Liberals scrapped many of the Tories’ boutique tax credits. So why did they pander with one of their own?
The case for nasty, dirty, evil deficits
Paul Wells explains why budget debate should not be about spending alone
Find out how much the Canada Child Benefit will help your family
Use our interactive tool to determine your monthly and annual child benefit payouts—and compare them to the cancelled benefits of years past.
Canada is adrift without a fiscal anchor
Having no fiscal anchor means that the government is without self-imposed restraints on its spending behaviour
We are not heading to fiscal crisis
The 2016 federal budget does not put us on the road to 1995-style budget crisis. Here’s why.
The trouble with the 2016 federal budget
Kevin Carmichael considers the ways the 2016 budget is built around the middle-class everyman — rather than global competitiveness and entrepreneurship
How the Liberals could balance the budget—if they have the will
With the budget, the Liberals have taken a page out of the Conservative plan for program expenditures. But there are many reasons to think it won’t work.