Government Spending & Taxes

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Trudeau government’s COVID-19 fiscal response avoids major mistakes

Ottawa will spend up to $27 billion supporting individual Canadians and businesses.


5:48PM
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Alberta budget includes relatively small spending reductions

Alberta saw spending reductions of 20 per cent during the reforms of the 1990s.


11:18AM
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Throne speech ignores realities of federal finances

The unemployment rate rose to 5.9 per cent, in the biggest one-month jump since the 2009 recession.


8:45AM
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Trudeau activist government produces red ink and alienation

Since Justin Trudeau entered office, per-person spending has increased by 17.5 per cent in just four years.


11:58AM
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Alberta’s government finances require swift reform, reduction in spending

The Blue Ribbon Panel and the Kenney government face a daunting fiscal challenge.


8:28AM
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Admiral Norman and the cost of military contracts

In fact, $700 million represents the taxes paid by almost 83,000 Canadians.


3:28PM
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Golf is great—but don’t even think about subsidizing it

When I play 18 holes, the person who benefits is me.

Étiquettes:

10:11AM
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How Canada STiKs it to the middle class

“STiK” is Ottawa’s acronym for “social transfer in kind."


1:28PM
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Size of government matters

In 2018-19, per person federal program spending (adjusted for inflation) reached $8,869.


2:51PM
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B.C. Budget 2019—a missed opportunity

Over the next three years, net debt is expected to grow almost 25 per cent.


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