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  1. Defence spending in Canada—a look at the data

    Recently in Brussels, U.S. President Donald Trump chastised several NATO members—including Canada—for not meeting their commitment to spend 2 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) on national defence. Canada is among the 23 of 28 ...

  2. Average Canadian family paid $34,154 in taxes in 2015

    In a recent study, we tracked the total tax bill of the average Canadian family from 1961 to 2015. For 2015, we estimate that the average Canadian family (including single Canadians) earned $80,593 in income and paid $34,154 in total ...

  3. Why did the planned surplus in 2015/16 turn to deficit? Higher federal spending

    With much of the focus on last week’s federal budget being on the $29.4 billion deficit expected in 2016/17, an important takeaway that largely flew under the media radar is what caused the surplus that the former government had planned ...