In the 12 years following 2001, there were almost two new tax expenditures per year.
Government Spending & Taxes
April 29, 2016
3:00AM
April 28, 2016
1:09PM
Alberta projects a budget deficit of $28.9 billion over the next three years.
April 25, 2016
12:52PM
Personal income tax rates are being hiked across the board, between one and three percentage points depending on income.
April 22, 2016
11:24AM
Manitoba’s newly-elected government faces some important fiscal challenges.
April 20, 2016
11:07AM
While it might not appear so, a higher minimum wage is effectively a tax.
April 18, 2016
12:00PM
The province has run an operating deficit in all but one year since 2008/09—even when oil prices exceeded $90 per barrel.
April 15, 2016
1:50PM
Canada's new top federal tax rate of 33 per cent is being layered on top of several tax increases by the provinces.
April 14, 2016
3:30PM
There are 175 collective bargaining agreements with public-sector employees coming up for negotiation in the near future.
April 13, 2016
3:31PM
Alberta will become a net debtor province this year for the first time since 1999/00.
April 11, 2016
11:36AM
The Fraser Institute has been at the fore of publishing work related to pension issues and correcting misconceptions to provide Canadians with better information.
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