Government Spending & Taxes

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In today's budget, B.C. NDP Finance Minister Carole James said the government’s housing plan will be “comprehensive."


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It’s not clear that the usual way of doing journalism these days contributes much to good government.


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Premier John Horgan’s NDP government campaigned on balanced budgets.


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In 2016-17, the deficit was $0.991 billion but $6.276 billion was added to the net debt.


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The program is designed so Canadians who die early in life subsidize those who live longer.


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Insurance companies are the principal beneficiaries of Ontario’s new publicly-funded pharmacare program.


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The increased CPP tax alone translates into $1,624 more in taxes.


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Canadian families in the top 20 per cent pay 55.9 per cent of all federal, provincial and municipal taxes.


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An escalator that adjusts for inflation is merely maintaining the real purchasing power involved in the charge.


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