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Balanced Budget Legislation – another zombie policy returns from the dead
Ah, here we go again – when seeking to assert credibility as sound fiscal managers, governments reach for the tired gimmick of “balanced budget legislation”…
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Reality check on government spending: is the overspending fear mongering justified
Both main parties in this election campaign are accusing the other of being big spenders. The BC Liberals claim the BC NDP is making election…
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Assessing BC’s Fiscal Health: Can BC afford more deficits?
By Seth Klein and Iglika Ivanova [Note: this piece has also appeared in the Tyee here.] OK, time for a reality check on BC’s deficits.…
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BC isn’t broke: putting teacher bargaining in perspective
Last Monday, BC teachers held a Day of Action in communities across the province to protest the BC government’s decision to legislate a contract and…
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Our priorities for BC Budget 2011
On September 15, I presented CCPA-BC’s recommendations for BC Budget 2011 at the Vancouver BC Budget Consultation public hearing. Take a look at my presentation…
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BC’s 2009 Super-Fudge-It Budget
Under the “we told you so” category, I am filing the BC public accounts for 2009/10. The province closed the year with a deficit of…
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The recent secretive, haphazard spending cuts should be repealed
Almost daily we wake up to news of yet another important program or initiative whose funding has been cut by the BC government. Literacy initiatives,…
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What should our government be spending money on?
One question that is missing from the public debate on deficits and debt is whether we’re getting the best bang for the stimulus buck. Even…
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Putting our government debt in perspective (now with graphs)
It turns out that our province is in a good fiscal position to engage in deficit-financing at this time. BC’s debt-to GDP ratio has been…
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Should we be afraid of the government debt?
Governments around the world are running large deficits in order to prop up their economies and dampen the hit of the global recession. For almost…
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Take Two: BC Budget 2009 September Update (Notes from Marc and Iglika)
The September BC Budget is a new look at a budget most have come to see as a fake. February’s budget was not passed through…
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Still reckless and unnecessary
Gary Mason offers this summary of the past eight years in yesterday’s Globe: When B.C. Liberal Premier Gordon Campbell came to office in 2001 he…
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