Fraser Forum

Government Spending & Taxes

9:28AM
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For a government that claims to want to cut taxes on Canada’s middle class, the Trudeau Liberals are doing a bang up job of increasing them.


10:00AM
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The federal government will provide Bombardier, a Canadian aerospace company, with interest-free loans totalling $372.5 million.


5:01AM
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Provincial debt servicing costs now total approximately $1 billion this year and constitute 2.4 per cent of total provincial revenues.

10:06AM
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From 2000 to 2016, the federal government’s core departments and separate agencies have seen employment grow by more than 22 per cent.


3:00AM
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The more money governments spend on interest payments, the less money is available for programs and services.

2:41PM
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Government employees in B.C. receive, on average, 7.4 per cent higher wages than comparable workers in the private sector.


3:00AM
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As the prime minister tours the country, he can see how his policies are making things worse—not better.


3:00AM
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It’s not clear what “tax fairness” means to Prime Minister Trudeau.


8:52AM
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Deficits, among other consequences, weaken business confidence in Canada’s economy.


3:50PM
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The introduction of a carbon price must replace, not be in addition to, existing regulations.


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