While National Newswatch does not keep an archive of external articles for longer than 6 months, we do keep all articles written by contributors who post directly to our site. Here you will find all of the contributed and linked external articles from Stephen Tapp.
Canadians feel it – higher taxes, longer wait times, and public services that don’t serve us well. Yet behind these frustrations lies a deeper problem: Canada’s government sector has grown in size while becoming less and less productive. Over the past two decades, government spending has increased, but the return on our tax dollars has declined. From 2007 to 2023...
We commonly measure how much governments spend and how many people they employ but we rarely weigh the benefits taxpayers receive in return for their hard-earned dollars. This report introduces a basic framework and lays the groundwork for new indexes that will track the size and performance of governments in Canada over time, focusing on federal and provincial activities.