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According to recent forecasts, the province's resource revenue will likely be higher than forecast in Budget 2022.

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The province's net debt has climbed from $338 billion in 2018 to more than $400 billion.

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9:48AM
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The government has increased per-person spending by more than 10 per cent between 2018/19 and 2020/21.

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11:30AM
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Since 1990, the province's net debt-to-GDP ratio has grown from 13 per cent to 43 per cent.
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9:45AM
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When tax rates increase, people often change their economic behaviour in ways that shrink the targeted tax base.

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4:30AM
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Some historical perspective on Earth Day activism suggests cooler heads should prevail in climate change discussions.

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The region's average per-person GDP is 32.7 per cent larger than Ontario's.

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Ramping up interest rates at this juncture places more of the burden of fighting inflation on consumers.

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3:03PM
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In the last year of reliable data before the pandemic, government spending in Nova Scotia represented 60.2 per cent of the economy.

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