Rather than adopt the discipline necessary to get back on track, Ottawa simply moves the goalposts.
sweden
December 5, 2023
10:48AM
The country deregulated markets in the 1990s, privatized state-owned companies, cut spending and reduced taxes.
August 17, 2023
1:30PM
In Sweden, spending increases must be offset by equivalent spending cuts to meet fiscal targets.
July 20, 2023
1:00AM
July 25, 2014
6:00AM
Professor Colleen Flood’s recent column in Globe Debate (Canada should look to Europe on health care, not the U.S) got the title right – but just about everything else wrong. Canadians would indeed benefit from a look at Europe for lessons on healthcare reform. What they should not do is fall for Ms. Flood’s erroneous jumbling of statistics that muddle reality and results in false conclusions.
May 17, 2013
2:00AM
For many Canadians, the Victoria Day long weekend marks the beginning of summertime holiday planning, if not a late May escape after a long winter. For those who travel outside of the country in the coming months, we have a modest proposal: find a pub, sit down with locals and ask about their nations health care system.