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Mars 27, 2018 1:54PM

Ontario ignores warning signs from Quebec, announces subsidized child care plan
Vincent Geloso
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Quebec subsidies cost north of $2.4 billion a year or roughly $9,700 per child.

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ontario government spending, child care, daycare, subsidized daycare, kathleen wynne, quebec daycare, children
Mars 23, 2018 9:04AM

Alberta’s 2018 budget—a breathtaking exercise in complacency
Ben Eisen
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Once its net debt reaches $48 billion in 2020/21, Alberta will have burned through $83 billion in net assets in 13 years.

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alberta budget, debt and deficit, alberta government spending, rachel notley, joe ceci, net debt, net assets, deficit spending, calgary, per-person debt
Mars 20, 2018 9:51AM

Ontario’s throne speech ignores growth and competitiveness
Ben Eisen
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Only New Brunswick and Nova Scotia created fewer private-sector jobs than Ontario, on average, each year between 2007 and 2016.

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jobs, Job growth, employment growth, ontario jobs, ontario throne speech, ontario budget, entrepreneurship, ontario private sector, kathleen wynne, economic growth
Mars 19, 2018 3:46PM

Debt and decline—Ontario’s challenges in three snapshots
Livio Di Matteo
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Ontario’s upcoming provincial budget will likely include a significant increase in government spending with an eye on the spring election.

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ontario, ontario debt, ontario deficit, ontario budget, productivitiy, per capita GDP, kathleen wynne, charles sousa, living standards, economic growth
Mars 14, 2018 10:22AM

Canadian household debt concerns are overblown
Livio Di Matteo
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The ratio of household net worth-to-GDP has risen over time.

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household debt, debt-to-GDP-ratio, government debt, federal government spending, Ottawa, alberta, ontario, central bank, interest rates, credit
Mars 7, 2018 4:25PM

Empty Homes Tax—Vancouver City Hall barking up the wrong tree
Josef Filipowicz
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It takes 21 months (on average) for homebuilders to obtain building permits from Vancouver City Hall.

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empty homes tax, taxes, homebuilders, homebuilding, foreign homebuyers, vancouver housing, Gregor Robertson, vancouver city hall
Mars 6, 2018 2:37PM

Ottawa using bounty of robust growth to simply boost spending
Livio Di Matteo
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Canada’s federal net debt will climb to $831.5 billion by 2022-23.

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federal budget, bill morneau, Justin Trudeau, taxes, federal government spending, canadian income tax, debt and deficit, deficit spending, debt interest
Mars 5, 2018 5:00AM

Canada has a business investment problem—deal with it
Charles Lammam, Hugh MacIntyre
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Statistics Canada released its latest survey results on investment intentions for 2018.

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business investment, barriers to investment, capital investment, investment climate, taxes, corporate income tax, labour policy, bill morneau, GDP, deregulation
Mars 2, 2018 1:38PM

35-stop shopping—coming soon to a government near you
William Watson
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If more innovation programs were all we needed to solve our innovation problems, they would have been solved a long time ago.

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federal budget, bill morneau, innovation, scientific innovation, government programs, government spending, government bureaucracy, Ottawa
Mars 1, 2018 12:43PM

2018 budget—another nail in the coffin of Trudeau’s balanced budget promise
Charles Lammam, Hugh MacIntyre
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The budget proposes cumulative deficits totalling $72.8 billion over the government’s first mandate.

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federal budget, debt and deficit, deficit spending, Justin Trudeau, bill morneau, federal government spending, taxes

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