Fraser Forum

Government Spending & Taxes

2:59PM
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The Notley government’s failure to restrain spending is quickly growing Alberta’s debt burden.


2:08PM
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Burlington spent nearly 17 per cent of tax-financed expenditure on “general government.”


10:55AM
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Ontario spends about nine per cent of all revenue on government debt-service payments.


12:27PM
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The expanded CPP’s overall rate of return for workers is a meagre 2.5 per cent.


3:24PM
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Between 2008 and 2016, 98.6 per cent of all net job-creation in Ontario took place in Toronto and Ottawa.


1:52PM
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The federal government expects the deficit in 2018-19 to reach $18.1 billion and grow next year to $19.6 billion.


3:15PM
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Calgary households will see a $60 property tax increase, on average.


3:30PM
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Just six months into its 2018/19 plan, the government upped spending by $8 billion.


11:46AM
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The PBO projects in 2042 Alberta will have more debt relative to the size of its economy than Ontario.


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