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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.


9:35AM
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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.


3:48PM
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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.


12:30PM
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Governments in Canada spent more than $350 billion on corporate welfare

Government should help foster a pro-growth environment that gives all businesses the opportunity to thrive.


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Ottawa’s corporate welfare won’t spur economic growth

The federal government plans to spend an estimated $13 billion on subsidies for Volkswagen’s Ontario battery plant.