In addition to spending increases, the Notley government is proposing new tax increases on top of the hikes to personal and corporate income taxes that have already come into effect.
Blog - Fraser Forum
October 28, 2015
8:35AM
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October 28, 2015
4:04AM
More than six years after the recession of 2008-09, eight out of 10 provinces (including Alberta, which released its budget yesterday) are currently in deficit, and the newly formed federal government has committed to falling back into deficit.
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October 27, 2015
4:35PM
Today's Alberta budget forecasts a $6.1 billion deficit for this fiscal year, and the province is on track to record 10 budget deficits in 11 years.
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October 27, 2015
7:10AM
A popular narrative holds that the recent fall in oil prices is chiefly responsible for the Alberta's current deficit. The evidence does not support this view.
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October 26, 2015
1:14PM
If the Canadian vote is at all indicative of broader trends in North America, it comes as good news for Democratic candidates, particularly for the overwhelming front-runner, Hillary Clinton.
October 26, 2015
4:00AM
Ontario cities like Brampton and Milton rank better than most of their peers in terms of regulation—and share some of Canada’s largest jumps in population.
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October 23, 2015
11:59AM
The push for fair trade at Simon Fraser University has gone so far as to hound Tim Horton’s off campus for non-compliance.
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October 23, 2015
4:00AM
Before we buy boatloads of new infrastructure in Canada, we should ask why current infrastructure is crumbling.
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October 22, 2015
9:19AM
When tax rates are increased, tax filers—especially upper-income earners—are able to find legal means to mitigate those tax increases.
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October 22, 2015
4:00AM
What should be challenged is public funding of all art, especially when taxpayers must foot the bill for works of art that they may find ideologically flawed, morally depraved or aesthetically worthless.
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