Since 2005, nominal per-capita program spending in Alberta has averaged about 14 per cent above the Canadian average.
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February 18, 2021
2:31PM
Alberta's deficit this year will be the largest in history, relative to the size of the provincial economy, at 6.9 per cent of GDP.
February 18, 2021
10:45AM
Climate targets are irrelevant when determining whether a carbon tax is good policy.
February 18, 2021
9:03AM
Protracted lockdowns slowly strangle the economic and social life of the country.
February 16, 2021
2:23PM
This year's federal budget deficit will reach a projected $381 billion.
February 9, 2021
10:32AM
Canada has the seventh-highest top combined personal income tax rate in the OECD.
February 4, 2021
9:33AM
Ontarians carry the second-largest combined government debt burden among Canadians.
January 27, 2021
10:23AM
This fiscal year, the wage subsidy program will cost $4,100 per member of the Canadian workforce.
January 20, 2021
11:55AM
The Trudeau government will run a record budget deficit approaching $400 billion.
January 19, 2021
9:58AM
The Liberals ran three years of deficits totalling $51.9 billion, more than double the amount promised during the campaign.
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