The Growth Budget We Aren’t Going to Get
There’s a federal budget coming later today. I know, it’s hard to remember what one of those is like: it’s been 25 months and several hundred billion in unscheduled expenditures since we last had...
View ArticleBudget 2021
Good morning all. The HESA Towers team, split over four time zones, came together brilliantly last night to bring you our regular federal budget analysis, which you can find here. Enjoy. (We...
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Two Sets of Provincial Budgets
Most years, I do a spring round-up of provincial budgets as they relate to post-secondary education. Last year was a wash-out because some budgets didn’t happen until the fall, but this year almost...
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What Really Happened During COVID? Part 2
Yesterday, we examined student income during COVID. On aggregate, income might not have dropped at all once the Canada Education Student Benefit is taken into the equation, though there was probably...
View ArticleFunny Math in Alberta
Many of my Canadian readers will likely have read a piece that has been circulating on the internet from Kim Siever, a self-described leftist internet journalist from Lethbridge. The headline says it...
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Explaining the Alberta Budget (Again)
The Alberta Budget came out last week. As usual, the way Alberta presents its numbers creates enormous confusion and scope for spin, so permit me to run through the numbers with you. Recall from last...
View ArticleInflation
One of the less-anticipated outcomes of the COVID pandemic is the return of inflation at levels not seen in nearly thirty years. It is not yet clear if this inflation is something transitory, or...
View ArticleBudget 2022
Hi all. Our budget commentary is now up and available here. This was a difficult budget to evaluate. By no stretch of the imagination can it be called an “education budget,” and some of it seems to...
View ArticleBudget 2023
Obviously, it’s ridiculously early to start thinking about next year’s budget, but there are several things happening between now and next spring which could end up making Budget 2023 a pretty...
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Provincial Budgets 2022
All ten provinces have now issued their budgets, so it’s time for our annual look at how governments across the country are choosing to invest (or not) in higher education. Just a quick reminder...
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