<time datetime="2019-04-30T00:00:05-04:00">April 30, 2019</time>

Growth in healthcare spending by provinces and territories has been accelerating over the last four years as governments continue to overshoot their budget targets, says a report from the C.D.…

<time datetime="2018-12-13T06:00:00-05:00">December 13, 2018</time>

Canada’s municipalities are routinely missing the spending targets in their budgets by large amounts, undermining the ability of voters to hold them accountable, according to a new study from the…

<time datetime="2018-11-13T00:00:01-05:00">November 13, 2018</time>

Baffling financial presentations hamper councillors, ratepayers and voters seeking to hold municipal governments to account, says a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Show Us the Numbers…

<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="2017-11-28T00:00:01-05:00">November 28, 2017</time>

Canada’s major cities tend to understate revenue and spending, wait too long to release budgets, and confuse taxpayers with obscure figures in their financial reports, finds a new study from the C…

<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…

Op-Ed
Nicholas Dahir is a research assistant at the C.D. Howe Institute. William Robson is chief executive of the C.D. Howe Institute. Among the most grating and persistent failings of our governments is…
Op-Ed
City budgets are a mystery to most Canadians. The municipal services they fund are central to our quality of life, and they affect our property taxes and charges for services such as water access and…
Intelligence Memos
From: William B.P. Robson and Alexandre Laurin To: Canadian Debt Watchers Date: April 29, 2022 Re: Ottawa’s Spending Addiction: $2 Billion More Each Month “Build back better!” We have…