Patrick Brethour

Tax & Spend: Canada’s phantom army of defence spending

Canada commits $4.9-billion over six years to modernize NORAD defences

Tax & Spend: Time to cut your spending, so Ottawa doesn’t have to

Ontario PCs’ pivot to blue-collar concerns helped it flip several ridings from the NDP

Ottawa’s anti-inflation plan offers nothing new to struggling Canadians

Tax & Spend: Vote for me, I’ll tax your kids

Despite government’s rosy view, indexed pensions and benefits are not keeping up with inflation

How Canada’s regulated dairy prices have milked consumers

Tax & Spend: It’s time to stop talking about productivity

The Ontario election willfully ignored the undeniable economic challenges bearing down on the province

Tax & Spend: Ottawa’s silence on hiring subsidy statistics is a secret wrapped in a mystery

Drop in Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy payments in 2020 driven by changes to program, not rebounding economy

Vote of Confidence: Ontario’s political parties’ economic policies are ready for their close-ups

Tax and Spend: The Micawber principle of public debt

Federal NDP’s claim of grocery store price-gouging doesn’t check out

Tax & Spend: The zombie companies are finally expiring

Regulations no refuge from price pain at the pumps

Ontario Liberals’ budget promises hinge on funding from Ottawa

Tax and Spend: The federal Liberals downsize their housing plans

When it comes to fiscal policy, the numbers suggest Doug Ford’s government is more progressive than conservative