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Ben Eisen
Publishing · On our record since 2009
Where this writer stands
Fiscal policy8 pieces
Higher taxes and public spendingLower taxes and tighter spending
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Recent work
- OPINION: Toronto’s weakness helps explains Canada’s dismal economic storyOpinion · Toronto Sun · Jun 11, 2026
- EISEN: How Ontario Premier Doug Ford can (finally) balance the budgetOpinion · Toronto Sun · Mar 17, 2026
- EISEN: Ford’s punchy fiscal rhetoric belies dismal fiscal recordOpinion · Toronto Sun · Feb 24, 2026
- OPINION: Ontario's ‘tax action plan’ should include a 2026 business tax cutOpinion · Toronto Sun · Jan 3, 2026
- EISEN: ‘Prudent’ Premier Doug Ford continues spend-and-borrow approachOpinion · Toronto Sun · Dec 10, 2025
- OPINION: Mark Carney's budget deficit looms large in Canadian historyOpinion · Toronto Sun · Nov 27, 2025
- EISEN: Ford, Trudeau governments more similar than you might thinkOpinion · Toronto Sun · Nov 18, 2025
- EISEN: Ontario premier continuing spend-and-borrow approach of predecessorOpinion · Toronto Sun · Oct 22, 2025
- EISEN: Canada's summer job market slump is bad news for young people in more ways than oneOpinion · Toronto Sun · Jul 29, 2025
- Opinion: Finance Minister Bailey must repair B.C.’s broken financesOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Feb 20, 2025
- EISEN: Toronto tax hike would make city less attractive to top talentOpinion · Toronto Sun · Jan 15, 2025
- Opinion: Doug Ford’s New Year’s resolutions should target broken promisesOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 9, 2025
- OPINION: Trudeau reverses Chrétien's legacy by rapidly expanding federal bureaucracyOpinion · Toronto Sun · Jan 7, 2025
- EISEN: Trump tariff proposal would devastate Ontario economyOpinion · Toronto Sun · Dec 10, 2024
- OPINION: Government job-growth rate in Canada outstripping private sectorOpinion · Toronto Sun · Nov 30, 2024
- OPINION: Ford’s and Trudeau’s one-time tax rebates are a cash transfer from the young to the oldOpinion · Toronto Sun · Nov 22, 2024
- On spending, Doug Ford has been more like Kathleen Wynne than Mike HarrisOpinion · Toronto Star · Nov 21, 2024
- Ford government falls woefully short of balanced budget promisesOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 4, 2024
- EISEN AND FUSS: Trudeau government’s promises of deficit reduction ring hollowOpinion · Toronto Sun · Jan 12, 2024
- EISEN AND FUSS: Ford government should reduce harmful high income tax rateOpinion · Toronto Sun · Mar 13, 2023
- Opinion: Canada’s government-driven labour market recovery is unsustainableOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 4, 2022
- Opinion | Premier Ford, Ontario’s finances are unsustainableOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 11, 2022
- Opinion: Alberta's fiscal future is far from secureOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Aug 11, 2022
- Opinion: Alberta's fiscal future is far from secureOpinion · Calgary Herald · Aug 10, 2022
- EISEN: Quebec outperforming Ontario on government debtOpinion · Toronto Sun · Aug 2, 2022
- OPINION: Ontario tax reforms could boost business growthOpinion · Toronto Sun · Jul 12, 2022
- EISEN: Ford government breaks ‘balanced budget’ promiseOpinion · Toronto Sun · Apr 29, 2022
- EISEN: Ford government can learn fiscal lessons from AlbertaOpinion · Toronto Sun · Apr 19, 2022
- Eisen: Ontario's economy lags far behind nearby U.S. statesOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Feb 28, 2022
- OPINION: Canada's high income taxes are making us less competitiveOpinion · Toronto Sun · Nov 2, 2021
- Guest Opinion: Canada's finances are now unsustainable — who cares?Opinion · Toronto Sun · Aug 24, 2021
- EISEN: Ontario lags behind neighbours on key economic measuresOpinion · Toronto Sun · Jun 19, 2021
- EISEN: Debt interest payments fastest-growing component of Ontario budgetOpinion · Toronto Sun · Mar 17, 2021
- Opinion: Alberta no longer the rich kid on the blockOpinion · Calgary Herald · Dec 2, 2020
- Opinion: Alberta no longer the rich kid on the blockOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Dec 2, 2020
- EISEN: How Trudeau's relief includes harmful work disincentivesOpinion · Toronto Sun · Nov 2, 2020
- EISEN: Ford’s choice is clear — more government debt or real reformOpinion · Toronto Sun · Aug 14, 2020
- EISEN: Ford's choice is clear — more government debt or real reformOpinion · Toronto Sun · Aug 14, 2020
- EISEN: Provincial finances go topsy-turvy from Ontario to B.C.Opinion · Toronto Sun · May 11, 2020
- EISEN: Provincial finances go topsy-turvy from Ontario to B.C.Opinion · Toronto Sun · May 11, 2020
- Opinion: Mounting debt threatens Alberta’s fiscal status among provincesOpinion · Edmonton Journal · May 4, 2020
- Opinion: Mounting debt threatens Alberta’s fiscal status among provincesOpinion · Edmonton Journal · May 4, 2020
- EISEN: Ford government must prepare for post-COVID spending cutsOpinion · Toronto Sun · May 3, 2020
- EISEN: Ford government must prepare for post-COVID spending cutsOpinion · Toronto Sun · May 3, 2020
- EISEN: Ford should be fiscally prudent during these volatile timesOpinion · Toronto Sun · Mar 17, 2020
- Opinion: Alberta taking another ride on the resource roller-coasterOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Mar 2, 2020
- Opinion: Alberta taking another ride on the resource roller-coasterOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Mar 2, 2020
- EISEN: Ford can make another Wynne-like budget, or fulfil his campaign promisesOpinion · Toronto Sun · Feb 5, 2020
- EISEN: Evidence fails to back union demands for smaller class sizesOpinion · Toronto Sun · Jan 27, 2020
- EISEN: Ontarians shoulder provincial government debt — and big chunk of federal debtOpinion · Toronto Sun · Jan 22, 2020
- EISEN: Ford’s second budget should include real fiscal reformOpinion · Toronto Sun · Jan 13, 2020
- EISEN: Ford needs to get serious about slashing Ontario’s debtOpinion · Toronto Sun · Jan 6, 2020
- EISEN: Say goodbye to Ontario’s ‘lost decade’ of debt and economic painOpinion · Toronto Sun · Dec 17, 2019
- EISEN: Controlling government wages crucial to Ford’s deficit-reduction planOpinion · Toronto Sun · Dec 10, 2019
- EISEN: Cash infusion from Ottawa wrong solution for OntarioOpinion · Toronto Sun · Dec 2, 2019
- EISEN: Ontario needs growth and prosperity in all regions—not just two big onesOpinion · Toronto Sun · Nov 26, 2019
- EISEN: Ontario should learn from Quebec’s debt reductionOpinion · Toronto Sun · Nov 12, 2019
- EISEN: Another lesson from Alberta — reduce taxes on businessesOpinion · Toronto Sun · Nov 4, 2019
- EISEN: Ford should look west for deficit-reduction strategyOpinion · Toronto Sun · Oct 29, 2019
- EISEN: More spending doesn’t equal better results in government-run schoolsOpinion · Toronto Sun · Oct 7, 2019