Other automakers will likely ask for similar handouts from Ontario and the federal government.
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Quebec spent roughly the same amount of money on corporate welfare as it collected in business income tax revenue.
In 2019, the Alberta government spent $2 billion on corporate welfare.
Governments do not possess superior knowledge of what people want to buy or sell.
In this year’s federal budget, the government earmarked $80 billion in corporate handouts to select industries.
The Volkswagen handout prompted automaker Stellantis to halt construction of an electric vehicle battery factory.
Policymakers should make business and personal income taxes more competitive and reduce the costs of regulation.
Provincial government subsidies total more than $100 million per year.
Federal, provincial and local governments spent more than $352 billion subsidizing firms from 2007 to 2019.