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Child care in B.C.—long on government proclamations, short on spaces

Eighty-four per cent of parents with young children agreed that long wait lists remain a problem in the province.


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Many Gen Z and millennial Canadians don’t believe in EV corporate welfare

The federal government's support for EV initiatives will cost taxpayers at least $31.4 billion.


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Ottawa should eliminate agents of corporate welfare

The seven organizations combined will spend more than $2 billion in 2023-24 while employing nearly 2,000 civil servants.


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Government’s EV push may actually increase emissions

Electric vehicles consume huge quantities of materials and their prices are trending up, not down.


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Liberals, Tories and NDP—they all love corporate welfare

In this year’s federal budget, the government earmarked $80 billion in corporate handouts to select industries.


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The ‘corporate welfare bums’ are back in business

The Volkswagen handout prompted automaker Stellantis to halt construction of an electric vehicle battery factory.


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Stellantis ‘deal’ underscores intrinsic problems with corporate welfare

Federal, provincial and local governments spent more than $352 billion subsidizing firms from 2007 to 2019.