Stephen Gordon
So what if they balance the books?
Quick takes on what are sure to be budget-talking points
The Conservatives want to talk about how a budget is balanced
Many questions about five words Justin Trudeau said
The incredible shrinking deficit
What will it take to get back to surplus?
Local economist makes news
Stephen Gordon considers Dutch Disease
How much revenue can you get from raising the corporate tax rate?
How much would an NDP government gain?
The science, economics and politics of climate change
Further to last week’s debate on environmental policy and climate change, Stephen Gordon checks Dean Del Mastro’s assertions about carbon pricing, regulation and the costs of both.
A tax on imported blankets
Ted Menzies says foreign aid, the budget says tax measures
Carbon pricing: Beyond the talking point
It’s all fun and games until China institutes a carbon tax
Trudeau and the GST
During his interview on CBC’s The House, Justin Trudeau ruled out an increase in the GST.
‘A $36-billion car tax’
NDP MP Glenn Thibeault’s statement in the House before Question Period this afternoon.
A federal deficit, but a golden age for snowmobile grooming machines
Stephen Gordon reviews yesterday’s economic update.
Leon Benoit defers to the authority of Stephen Gordon
Conservative MP Leon Benoit seems to have issued a news release that uses the expertise of Stephen Gordon to bolster the case that the NDP is proposing a carbon tax.