Per-person spending levels reached $8,639 in 2018 under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau—only $72 short of the all-time high.
Government Spending & Taxes
January 29, 2019
12:08PM
For comparable jobs, government-sector wages in Ontario are 10.6 per cent higher (on average) than wages in the private sector.
January 24, 2019
11:15AM
Per-person spending last year was only $72 short of the all-time high reached during the 2009 recession.
December 21, 2018
10:51AM
Alberta has run nearly uninterrupted deficits since 2008/09.
December 17, 2018
10:09AM
Eliminating “overpayments" could reduce regional tensions.
December 17, 2018
9:55AM
Quebec banned shale gas fracking and tightened rules for oil and gas drilling.
December 15, 2018
10:05AM
For as long as equalization has existed (since 1957), Quebec has always received the largest payment.
December 14, 2018
11:43AM
Closing the income gap with the rest of Canada will require Quebec’s government to work to attract more investment.
December 12, 2018
2:59PM
The Notley government’s failure to restrain spending is quickly growing Alberta’s debt burden.
December 12, 2018
2:08PM
Burlington spent nearly 17 per cent of tax-financed expenditure on “general government.”
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