Resource revenues are set to increase substantially.
Government Spending & Taxes
June 3, 2022
11:02AM
In 2020, the federal expenditure share jumped to 40 per cent.
May 17, 2022
9:26AM
Government spending represented 40.4 per cent of the country's economy in 2019, up from 37.4 per cent in 2007.
April 11, 2022
3:03PM
In the last year of reliable data before the pandemic, government spending in Nova Scotia represented 60.2 per cent of the economy.
April 4, 2022
3:30AM
A lack of fiscal prudence left Canada vulnerable when the pandemic hit.
March 28, 2022
3:56PM
Canada's productivity growth and levels of business investment have been lacklustre for decades.
March 22, 2022
1:57PM
The NDP election platform called for per-person spending to reach $11,446 in 2022/23.
March 18, 2022
4:00AM
On average, couples with children in the bottom 20 per cent pay $318 per year more than they did previously.
December 30, 2021
8:00AM
Alberta, Saskatchewan and Newfoundland require the most policy action to correct their unsustainable fiscal trajectories.
November 12, 2021
8:36AM
The Ontario government plans to increase the minimum wage to $15 in January.
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