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
Ontario raised its top personal income tax rate by 3.1 percentage points, preventing up to 2,158 new businesses from starting.
Alberta now has a net debt position of $30 billion.
Motorists in Vancouver will see the gasoline tax increase by 1.5 cents per litre.
The Notley government increased spending by nearly 13 per cent over is first two full fiscal years in office.
The list of made-in-Canada policies that have reduced our competitiveness is long and substantial.
Equalization makes for a handy scapegoat, but successive Alberta governments have no one to blame but themselves for the province’s fiscal problems.
In order to address Ontario’s dangerous debt burden, the new government must first correctly identify the root of the province’s fiscal problems.
Alberta’s days of having unusually low debt servicing costs are coming to an end.
Despite misleading claims, senior poverty in B.C has fallen significantly over the past four decades.
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