<time datetime="2021-01-21T00:00:01-05:00">January 21, 2021</time>
- Outdated practices make the budgets of too many Canadian cities impossible for non-experts to understand.
- In this report, authors William B.P. Robson and Miles Wu grade the clarity…
<time datetime="2020-10-01T00:01:00-04:00">October 1, 2020</time>
- Canada’s federal, provincial and territorial governments have spent a combined total of $97 billion more than they promised in their budgets since 2000, a figure set to worsen with the…
<time datetime="2020-08-13T00:01:00-04:00">August 13, 2020</time>
COVID Threatens Governments’ Fiscal Accountability
- Many of Canada’s senior governments have made impressive progress with the transparency and accessibility of their…
<time datetime="2020-02-20T00:01:00-05:00">February 20, 2020</time>
Canadians always hear that their cities are strapped for cash. Yet a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute reveals that Canada’s biggest municipalities ran aggregate budget surpluses of $11…
<time datetime="2019-12-10T00:01:00-05:00">December 10, 2019</time>
December 10, 2019 – Bad budgeting practices impede councillors, taxpayers and voters seeking accountability from city staff and elected representatives, according to a new report from the C.D.…
<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…
Intelligence Memos
From: John Lester
To: Members of the Treasury Board
Date: April 8, 2024
Re: The federal expenditure management system needs a makeover
The federal expenditure management…
Intelligence Memos
From: William B.P. Robson
To: Toronto budget watchers
Date: January 23, 2024
Re: Toronto’s Annual Budget Panic Ignores Its Surplus
The annual panic over the City of Toronto budget is…
Op-Ed
The annual panic over the City of Toronto budget is peaking. The 2024 version stands out in a bad way, with a double-digit tax increase proposed for homeowners and many businesses. Yet much of the…
