Government workers in B.C. are absent from their jobs for personal reasons 49 per cent more often than private-sector workers.
Government Spending & Taxes
Juillet 19, 2018
1:41PM
Ontario raised its top personal income tax rate by 3.1 percentage points, preventing up to 2,158 new businesses from starting.
Juillet 6, 2018
11:19AM
Alberta now has a net debt position of $30 billion.
Juillet 4, 2018
3:59PM
Motorists in Vancouver will see the gasoline tax increase by 1.5 cents per litre.
Juin 29, 2018
2:53PM
The Notley government increased spending by nearly 13 per cent over is first two full fiscal years in office.
Juin 28, 2018
10:45AM
The list of made-in-Canada policies that have reduced our competitiveness is long and substantial.
Juin 21, 2018
10:19AM
Equalization makes for a handy scapegoat, but successive Alberta governments have no one to blame but themselves for the province’s fiscal problems.
Juin 20, 2018
9:56AM
In order to address Ontario’s dangerous debt burden, the new government must first correctly identify the root of the province’s fiscal problems.
Juin 18, 2018
1:59PM
Alberta’s days of having unusually low debt servicing costs are coming to an end.
Juin 18, 2018
11:12AM
Despite misleading claims, senior poverty in B.C has fallen significantly over the past four decades.
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