“STiK” is Ottawa’s acronym for “social transfer in kind."
Government Spending & Taxes
March 22, 2019
1:28PM
In 2018-19, per person federal program spending (adjusted for inflation) reached $8,869.
February 20, 2019
2:51PM
Over the next three years, net debt is expected to grow almost 25 per cent.
February 19, 2019
10:50AM
The province has one of the highest top personal income tax rates in North America.
February 14, 2019
10:33AM
Low-income families now pay more taxes than before this government’s reforms.
February 13, 2019
10:37AM
Per-person spending levels reached $8,639 in 2018 under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau—only $72 short of the all-time high.
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.
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