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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Dec. 06, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The current and projected taxing, spending, and borrowing policies, broadly referred to as the fiscal policies of governments (federal...

TORONTO, Aug. 04, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Despite any rhetoric to the contrary, the current Ontario government plans to outspend its predecessor, finds a new study published today by the Fraser...

TORONTO, July 27, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- When the World Bank cancelled its Doing Business report last year, it created a massive information void for economists and governments seeking to spur...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 19, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- If policymakers want to reduce CO2 emissions in Canada, they should allow industry to do so in a way that imposes the least costs on...

TORONTO, June 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The current Ontario government is continuing its immediate predecessors’ failed approach of slowing spending growth as a means towards a balanced budget,...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 18, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The idea that the Bank of Canada can continue to finance government debt by printing money without a clear commitment to repayment,...

TORONTO, Feb. 02, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Combined federal and provincial debt in Canada has doubled from $1.0 trillion in 2007/08 to a projected $2.0 trillion this year, finds a new study released...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 27, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Federal spending on benefits for eligible families with children through the Canada Child Benefit increased by 68.5 per cent from...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The federal government will not balance its budget over the next 30 years as a result of Canada’s aging population and Ottawa’s...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 26, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Federal government spending this year, which was already on track to be a new record high before the recession, is now expected to be...