Budget include an additional $185 million in transfers from Ottawa.
Government Spending & Taxes
June 18, 2020
1:32PM
June 15, 2020
3:17PM
Forecasts project a -5.1 per cent decline in the province's GDP.
June 15, 2020
10:41AM
Such implicit or explicit assumptions invariably lead to unintended consequences.
June 12, 2020
10:57AM
More than 8 million applicants successfully applied for the CERB.
June 11, 2020
9:34AM
A large government debt burden can negatively affect economic growth.
June 9, 2020
8:59AM
Government workers in Atlantic Canada received 11.9 per cent more (on average) in wages than their private-sector counterparts.
May 22, 2020
9:18AM
The one-time payment to seniors will cost an estimated $2.5 billion.
May 1, 2020
11:38AM
Total provincial government deficits will reach an estimated $63.0 billion this year.
April 30, 2020
1:09PM
Non-renewable resource revenue accounted for up to 27 per cent of total provincial government revenue.
April 22, 2020
2:04PM
After the COVID crisis has passed, Ottawa should find ways to encourage private-sector investment and hiring.
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