This $51 billion increase in spending represents total growth of 20.1 per cent in just three years.
Government Spending & Taxes
Prime Minister Trudeau has stated unequivocally that he won’t reduce Canadian taxes to remain competitive.
The new EHT will apply to businesses with annual payrolls of more than $500,000.
In today's budget, B.C. NDP Finance Minister Carole James said the government’s housing plan will be “comprehensive."
It’s not clear that the usual way of doing journalism these days contributes much to good government.
Premier John Horgan’s NDP government campaigned on balanced budgets.
In 2016-17, the deficit was $0.991 billion but $6.276 billion was added to the net debt.
The program is designed so Canadians who die early in life subsidize those who live longer.
Insurance companies are the principal beneficiaries of Ontario’s new publicly-funded pharmacare program.
The increased CPP tax alone translates into $1,624 more in taxes.
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