Albertans contributed about 16 per cent of total CPP contributions but received only 12 per cent of total CPP benefits.
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January 22, 2024
10:47AM
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January 22, 2024
3:30AM
The province's post-1990 average per-capita annual income growth rate was barely one-quarter that of its 1960 to 1990 rate.
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January 16, 2024
11:17AM
According to polling data, 80 per cent of Canadians don’t want average families to pay more than 40 per cent of their income in taxes.
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January 15, 2024
12:10PM
More than 60 per cent of lower-income families now pay higher federal income taxes.
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January 12, 2024
1:57PM
The province's average wait time for health care grew from 18.5 weeks in 2008 to 33.5 weeks in 2023.
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January 11, 2024
11:17AM
The Economic Freedom of the World index has grown to cover several dozen indicators in 165 countries.
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December 30, 2023
7:30AM
The median wait in 2023 for an MRI was 12.9 weeks—two weeks longer than last year.
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December 29, 2023
1:30PM
In 2022, the province’s population grew by 29,307 people while only 3,479 new homes were built.
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December 25, 2023
8:30AM
Energy alone supplied 27 per cent of Canada’s merchandise exports—and 23 per cent of total exports—last year.
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December 21, 2023
2:30AM
Over 10 years, the proportion of Ontarian tax-filers who donated to registered charities dropped from 24.2 per cent to 18.2 per cent.
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