Many households, especially those at the bottom of the income distribution, receive government transfer payments.
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January 8, 2019
9:32AM
The bulk of current contributions fund the benefits to current retirees.
January 4, 2019
2:49PM
Average rents grew by 2.5 per cent, amounting to about $30 more per month.
December 21, 2018
11:19AM
The province has a rental vacancy rate of 1.4 per cent.
December 21, 2018
11:07AM
Unemployment is lower than it’s been in at least 42 years.
December 21, 2018
10:39AM
Sale prices in the Greater Toronto Area at the end of 2016 were almost 110 per cent higher than a decade prior.
December 20, 2018
2:24PM
If Canadians were free to import from the U.S. without paying tariffs, a frozen turkey would cost 15 per cent less.
December 17, 2018
10:09AM
Eliminating “overpayments" could reduce regional tensions.
December 17, 2018
9:55AM
Quebec banned shale gas fracking and tightened rules for oil and gas drilling.
December 15, 2018
10:05AM
For as long as equalization has existed (since 1957), Quebec has always received the largest payment.
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