Why the budget will generate only a quarter of the economic activity that the government told us it would
Tag Archives: Budget 2009
Why this stimulus stuff will all soon be forgotten
It is raining money. Go outside without an umbrella and you’ll get largesse all over.
Budget 2009: PSE voices
Was the budget hot or not? Canadian education experts weigh in
Budget ’09: Fearful asymmetries
This budget is clearly designed to form the basis for a Conservative-Liberal coalition de facto
Budget ’09: A view from the West
One big-city mayor likes what he’s hearing from Ottawa
Budget ’09: Make the next generation pay
So the budget is out and it looks like the Tories are going to take us time travelling. Poof! It’s the 1970s again, and there’s no problem the government can’t spend its way out of. Never mind that it didn’t work then, and it left us with a government debt that crippled a generation and was only recently paid down to a reasonable level.
Budget ’09: The Reaction
“It’s tough to trust this government on the numbers.”
Budget ’09: Tories take a final leap into the void
There will be no going back from this, for the party or for the country
Budget ’09: Stimulus
Infrastructure spending will account for nearly a third of all stimulus spending
Budget ’09: Economic Outlook
Big spending, but a cloudy future still looms