According to government projections, federal debt interest costs in 2023/24 will reach $46.5 billion.
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Countries such as Switzerland, Germany and Australia either partner with their private sector or use it as a pressure-valve for the public system.
In 2022/23, Alberta's program spending was $13,570 per person, more than $1,200 higher than Ontario.
The province is on track to add more debt than it did during the 2008/09 recession and pandemic.
Less than half of the province's Grade 10 students are proficient in numeracy.
According to the plan, First Nations will become joint landlords of more than 90 per cent of the province.
In Nova Scotia, government spending as a share of the economy averaged more than 60 per cent from 2007 and 2019.
Many environmental and social problems are better handled by bottom-up market forces, not top-down initiatives.
The province went from having some of the longest waits for surgery to some of the shortest.
Other countries include the private sector as a partner in the universal health-care framework.
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