In Ontario, federal transfers increased by 87.8 per cent over 10-year period.
government spending
Novembre 24, 2015
9:27AM
Canada enjoyed an economic and fiscal renaissance starting in the mid-1990s that lasted more than a decade.
Octobre 26, 2015
3:04PM
On Tuesday, the Alberta government will release a budget with a projected deficit of at least $5.9 billion this year, the seventh deficit in eight years. And just the other day, the government announced the budget won’t be balanced until 2019/20.
Juin 19, 2015
10:00AM
Alberta’s economy is still on shaky ground as oil prices remain depressed relative to last year’s levels.
Juin 5, 2015
9:00AM
The Ontario government has never made a secret of its desire to have the federal government help fund Ontario’s provincial budget. It even started its own think-tank with $5 million in 2009, which regularly publishes reports that call on the federal government to rescue Ontario’s provincial finances.
Mai 23, 2015
9:00AM
The new Alberta government has delayed introducing a budget until the fall, so MLAs will have plenty of time to think about how they’ll collect and spend Albertans’ money.
Mai 16, 2015
9:00AM
Provincial cries for more federal money are as old as Confederation, and rarely have any substance to them.
Mai 9, 2015
8:00AM
In a famous explanation of why voters choose the governments they do, a 1990s-era adviser to Bill Clinton remarked, “It’s the economy, stupid.” That’s not wholly accurate; voters toss parties out (and vote parties in) on matters other than unemployment rates and incomes. The recent Alberta election is only the most obvious example.