The program is designed so Canadians who die early in life subsidize those who live longer.
Government Spending & Taxes
January 12, 2018
12:33PM
Insurance companies are the principal beneficiaries of Ontario’s new publicly-funded pharmacare program.
January 11, 2018
10:33AM
The increased CPP tax alone translates into $1,624 more in taxes.
January 10, 2018
5:00AM
Canadian families in the top 20 per cent pay 55.9 per cent of all federal, provincial and municipal taxes.
January 5, 2018
5:00AM
An escalator that adjusts for inflation is merely maintaining the real purchasing power involved in the charge.
December 22, 2017
7:00AM
The $10.3 billion deficit the province plans to run this year is just shy of the provincial record of $10.8 billion set last year.
December 21, 2017
5:30AM
Prime Minister Trudeau is on track to increase per-person federal debt more than any other prime minister in Canadian history who didn’t face a world war or economic recession.
December 18, 2017
5:33AM
Current policies seem to largely ignore fact that tax changes affect behaviour.
December 15, 2017
1:53PM
PBO report contradicts Trudeau government claims.
December 15, 2017
5:30AM
If you tax something less, you’ll likely get more of it.
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