<time datetime="2019-07-11T00:01:00-04:00">July 11, 2019</time>

Canada’s federal, provincial and territorial governments have spent a combined total of $91 billion more than they said they would since 2000, according to a new C.D. Howe Institute report.

<time datetime="2019-06-13T00:00:05-04:00">June 13, 2019</time>

Canada’s senior governments receive grades ranging from A to F for transparency and reliability in their financial reporting, in the C.D. Howe Institute’s latest fiscal accountability ranking. In…

<time datetime="2018-05-10T00:00:01-04:00">May 10, 2018</time>

Over the past 15 years, Canada’s federal, provincial, and territorial governments have regularly missed budget spending and revenue targets, with spending overshoots of $69 billion combined. The…

<time datetime="2018-05-01T00:00:01-04:00">May 1, 2018</time>

Canada’s senior governments tax and spend a lot, but don’t consistently tell us what they are doing, says a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “The Numbers Game: Rating the Fiscal…

<time datetime="2017-11-21T00:01:00-05:00">November 21, 2017</time>

Canada’s greying workforce will spell big fiscal trouble for future taxpayers, according to a new C.D. Howe Institute report. In “The Fiscal Implications of Canadians’ Working Longer,” authors…

<time datetime="2017-04-25T00:02:15-04:00">April 25, 2017</time>

Alberta and New Brunswick come out on top in the Institute’s latest report card on government financial reporting, with Prince Edward Island trailing the pack. In Numbers You can Trust? The…

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