By Mark Milke Director – Alberta Prosperity Project, and Niels Veldhuis, Director – Fiscal Studies Fraser Institute
CALGARY, AB, and VANCOUVER, BC, Given the federal government's past, present and projected future red ink, Canadians could be forgiven for thinking Ottawa might prefer to pinch pennies rather than dole out hundreds of millions more in corporate welfare, this time to the most undeserving recipients of all, pro-sport franchises, most owned by billionaires.