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Liberal/NDP pact promises ever higher federal spending

The NDP election platform called for per-person spending to reach $11,446 in 2022/23.


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The Quebec government spent $2.3 billion last year, or $9,772 per child, on its daycare program.


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The Horgan government has effectively increased spending by an additional $4.5 billion in the first few months of its term.


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Government program spending will reach $49.2 billion, 6.6 per cent higher than last year.


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The budget creates a new, higher top personal income tax rate of 16.8 per cent.


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Rhetoric from the campaign trail stressed increased spending and higher taxes.


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Alberta has seen a run-up of projected net debt totalling about $10,000 per Albertan by 2019/20—up from essentially zero in 2015/16.


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The NDP government has unwittingly told would-be investors and entrepreneurs that their efforts and talents are better deployed elsewhere.


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Alberta’s unemployment rate climbed to 8.6 per cent in July—the highest rate since 1994.