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POLICY OPTIONS: Mr. Lougheed, thanks for doing this. Very few people have had as successful a post-political career as you have had, exiting the political stage at the peak...

Let me state off the top my firm belief that there is a ”œfiscal imbalance” in this country, and it’s high time the provinces handed over some of those...

To each generation comes at least one day which changes their world: Sarajevo, Black Friday, Pearl Harbor, Hiroshima. For mine it was a cold fall day in November 1963....

The morning after the January 23 election, many Canadians breathed easier. Quebec had not been isolated. That province’s federal sovereignist party, the Bloc Québécois, had not received the largest...

It was a most unexpected result, but on second thought…When the IRPP gathered a group of 12 distinguished policy experts in January to agree on a list of the...

It is now generally accepted that fiscal arrangements between Ottawa and the provinces were becoming increasingly unworkable in the final years of the former Liberal government. Commentators cite the...

Two more commissions have now provided their advice on the structure of the Canadian fiscal transfer system. The Expert Panel on Equalization and Territorial Formula Financing and the Advisory...

Canadian political and fiscal federalism is in full evolu- tionary flight. In the view of many, the proximate cause of these recent swings in the theory and practice of...

« Le cheval de bois n’est pas comestible » Alexandre Vialatte Fédéralisme fiscal est une étiquette technocratique trompeusement rassurante. Elle semble connoter un cadre serein de discussion de la...

One plank that distinguished Conservative and Liberal Party platforms during the 2006 federal election campaign was Conservative support for the idea that there is a fiscal imbalance in Canada...

« … a combination of people is required to bring an idea to policy fruition. » John W. Kingdon Agendas, Alternatives, and Public Policies (1984) En démocratie, contrairement aÌ€...

Debating fiscal federalism is all the rage these days. In part this is because the new federal Conservative government has promised to fix the federal- provincial ”œfiscal imbalance.” It...

I admit it. For an economist, I’m an optimist in an industry known for its dismal scientists. I see the glass as half full. But in one area of...