In today's budget, B.C. NDP Finance Minister Carole James said the government’s housing plan will be “comprehensive."
Government Spending & Taxes
February 16, 2018
3:27PM
It’s not clear that the usual way of doing journalism these days contributes much to good government.
February 16, 2018
12:35PM
Premier John Horgan’s NDP government campaigned on balanced budgets.
February 1, 2018
5:00AM
In 2016-17, the deficit was $0.991 billion but $6.276 billion was added to the net debt.
January 17, 2018
1:05PM
The program is designed so Canadians who die early in life subsidize those who live longer.
January 12, 2018
12:33PM
Insurance companies are the principal beneficiaries of Ontario’s new publicly-funded pharmacare program.
January 11, 2018
10:33AM
The increased CPP tax alone translates into $1,624 more in taxes.
January 10, 2018
5:00AM
Canadian families in the top 20 per cent pay 55.9 per cent of all federal, provincial and municipal taxes.
January 5, 2018
5:00AM
An escalator that adjusts for inflation is merely maintaining the real purchasing power involved in the charge.
December 22, 2017
7:00AM
The $10.3 billion deficit the province plans to run this year is just shy of the provincial record of $10.8 billion set last year.
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