The auditor general noted there were 3.8 million more social insurance numbers for Canadians 20 years and older than actual people in that age group.
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Importers of large quantities of chicken, cheese and butter are compelled to pay taxes exceeding 200 per cent.
Governments can find themselves at a new baseline spending level far in excess of revenues.
Alberta’s per-person government debt has eclipsed $10,000 this year.
Chronic deficits through good times and bad have led to a roughly $70 billion erosion of the province’s financial assets.
For now, the new wage subsidy program will cost $71 billion.
Businesses large and small face disproportionate property tax rates for the foreseeable future.
There were 4,588 overdose deaths in Canada in 2018.
Once you adjust for inflation and population growth, Alberta’s economy barely grew at all between 2008 and 2018.
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