Evidence suggests that a 1.0 percentage point increase in spending produces a 0.75 percentage point drop in economic growth.
Blog - Fraser Forum
August 7, 2020
10:36AM
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August 6, 2020
11:24AM
The estimated time to clear the backlog has been reduced from 24 months to 15 months.
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August 5, 2020
3:22PM
The federal budget deficit has skyrocketed to 15.9 per cent of Canada's economy.
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July 30, 2020
9:51AM
Alberta will reduce its corporate income tax rate to 8 per cent.
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July 29, 2020
4:00PM
Ontario entered this recession with an already elevated government debt burden.
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July 27, 2020
9:49PM
The Trudeau government’s recent fiscal update forecasted a $343 billion deficit this year.
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July 24, 2020
10:07AM
Excluding residential investment, business investment dropped 17.3 per cent.
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July 24, 2020
9:48AM
In 1990, Ontario’s debt-to-GDP ratio stood at 13 per cent.
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July 23, 2020
11:57AM
The government increased income taxes for more than 80 per cent of middle-income families.
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July 22, 2020
11:19AM
Indigenous and Northern Affairs represented the largest share of federal program spending growth.