The purchasing power for the average Canadian wage-earner has increased dramatically since 1976.
Government Spending & Taxes
September 26, 2016
3:05AM
With the freedom to innovate, provinces experimented with a wide range of welfare reforms.
September 21, 2016
3:31PM
The Liberal government remains committed to a misguided fiscal policy approach that spends borrowed money in the hopes of increasing prosperity.
September 19, 2016
2:03PM
Planned tax will not significantly offset predicted future global warming.
September 14, 2016
1:42PM
Higher energy costs have helped drive Ontario’s anemic economic performance.
September 6, 2016
3:17AM
Demand-side forces are still at play regardless of the new tax on foreign buyers.
September 2, 2016
2:47PM
High marginal effective tax rates weaken the incentives for people to earn extra money.
September 1, 2016
1:58PM
Starting in 1995, Prime Minister Jean Chretien and Finance Minister Paul Martin reduced program spending, balanced the budget and cut taxes.
August 31, 2016
9:09AM
On health care, despite a high level of spending, Canadians have comparatively poor access to technology and doctors, and long wait times for surgery.
August 30, 2016
3:57AM
Alberta's provincial government has dramatically increased personal and corporate income taxes.
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