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A Measured Opinion
What caused the deficit?
Two words: Danny Williams.
Tom Baird
February 16, 2016

# budget 2015

A Measured Opinion
Looking back at a decade of PC tax cuts
With the province reeling from a crash in oil prices and record budget deficits, we look back on a decade of tax cuts by the…
Tom Baird
August 14, 2015
To Each Their Own
Masters of mediocrity
Why is our government so determined to hide out in the middle of the pack?
June 23, 2015
Politically Speaking
Selling the budget or themselves?
In claiming it is educating the public and reporting the "good news" provincial media are not, the Davis Government is looking mighty Harperesque in promoting…
June 5, 2015
Politics by Numbers
On a rock in a hard place: MUN and the Davis Budget
Properly funding and managing Memorial University are fundamental public policy issues and far too important to be left to senior administration or the provincial government.
May 19, 2015
Power and Dissent
MUN tuition increases will hit most vulnerable
International and graduate students this year, undergrads will be next
May 13, 2015
To Each Their Own
PC shock therapy will kill this province, not balance its books
Davis government slams province with austerity budget
May 9, 2015
It Takes All Kinds
Waterford Hospital: Closing since 1971
"The lunatics of 2015...will be digging no more trenches because those who are responsible for the health and well-being of the people of this province…
May 7, 2015
Politically Speaking
Our squandered pride and prosperity
After reaping upward of $20 billion in offshore oil revenues in a decade, we have little to show for government's reckless spending. After years of…
May 7, 2015
News
Labour unions rally against privatization
The government's recent announcement it will privatize long-term care through public-private partnerships has the labour movement and both opposition parties crying foul, arguing people must…
Justin Brake
May 5, 2015
A Measured Opinion
In defence of tax hikes
No one likes it when taxes go up, but sometimes it's for the best.
Tom Baird
May 2, 2015
Power and Dissent
Budget 2015: demand the fall of the government
We are all responsible
May 1, 2015
A Measured Opinion
Let’s raise taxes on the rich (Pt. 2)
Economists from Memorial University have some ideas for changing the tax system in order to fight poverty.
Tom Baird
April 27, 2015