Why Canada should embrace budget deficits right nowSlashing spending to avoid a deficit when the economy is so weak makes no sense
A budget for Stephen Harper’s granddaughterJoe Oliver asks us to cast our eyes forward from the budget to the future
Name-dropping in the name of fiscal responsibilityAnne Kingston on the many fictional characters in the 2015 federal budget
Stop pretending the TFSA expansion won’t be felt until 2080The TFSA expansion means that by 2025 almost no one under 40 will pay tax on investment income. We should at least debate whether that’s bad or good.
On oil prices, Joe Oliver is more bullish than energy tradersIf oil prices do not rise at the rapid rate predicted by the federal government, the spectre of deficits will return
Strong Leader: Harper’s thrice-bare cupboardWhen this guy spends the surplus, he doesn’t mess around, writes Paul Wells
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