Providing income support to workers and businesses involves large increases in government expenditures.
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Ottawa will spend up to $27 billion supporting individual Canadians and businesses.
The OECD defines the middle class as anyone earning between 75 per cent and 200 per cent of median household income after tax.
Most people use extra one-time money from government to pay down debt or save.
Someone should ask Ambassador Peiwu how much property Canadians own in China.
By 2022/23, the province will have accumulated an estimated $46.6 billion in net debt.
From 1973 to 1996, Canada's average annual unemployment rate was 8.9 per cent.
Alberta saw spending reductions of 20 per cent during the reforms of the 1990s.
Housing unit completions in B.C. have remained relatively flat over the last decade.
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