Manitoba budget needs to deliver for taxpayers
You can only cancel plans so many times before your friends stop believing you will ever show up. Budget 2026 is likely Premier Wab…
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MPPs must reject April 1 pay raise
Watch your wallets because provincial politicians are trying to take another big pay raise. After giving themselves a massive pay hike last year, members…
Fraser Institute Expresses Skepticism Over Balanced Budget Timeline
The Fraser Institute is out with a new study criticizing the record of the Progressive Conservative government under Premier Doug Ford. The major theme…
Ford makes the right call on post-secondary funding
The Ontario Government’s long-awaited decision last week to increase post-secondary funding and shift the balance on student aid was the right thing to do…
B.C.’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad budget
The B.C. NDP government was first out of the gate among provinces in announcing their 2026 budget. Unfortunately, it was a truly terrible budget…
Despite what the Ford government says, expect deficits for years to come
The Ford government and the Financial Accountability Office (FAO) are once again greatly at odds with one another about the state of the province’s…
Build, baby, build must be done right
Both Prime Minister Mark Carney and Ontario Premier Doug Ford talk a lot about how they are going to “build, baby, build” major new…
Economic headwinds grow for Ontario
Ontarians who want to believe the Ford Progressive Conservative government’s claim that things are just going gangbusters in the province will have to wait…
Doug Ford’s surprising transformation from populist to pragmatist
Nearing the anniversary of his latest majority government, Doug Ford, Ontario’s premier since 2018, has some strong words for separatists in other provinces. Speaking…
When it comes to improving education, results show it’s not all about the money
Niagara Region’s public and Catholic school boards recently got a rare, positive shout-out from Ontario’s Education Minister Paul Calandra. Calandra singled them out because…