Mr. Flaherty, time to balance the budget

While some economists take great satisfaction when their forecasts come true, we are not in that camp. Fraser Institute economists have, for the past several years, warned that the federal government’s plan to balance the budget has been based on risky projections, optimistic forecasts of revenue growth (averaging 5.6% per year), and unrealistic plans for spending restraint (average increases of j

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What's in store for Canada under Obama's second term as president

November 6, 2012 ushered in Barack Obama’s second term as president of the United States. As America’s biggest trading partner, Canada has a large stake in how both the overall US economy will fare in the next four years and how specific bilateral problems will be addressed. Regarding the former, there is a good deal of legitimate concern that Washington will not be able to make swift progress. In terms of the latter, the main areas of interest to Canada will be how much attention the second Obama administration will give to the Beyond the Border Vision agreed to in 2011 and to what extent trade obstacles in the energy sector such as the Keystone XL pipeline expansion will be addressed.

By Fraser Institute, Canada,

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