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Février 27, 2018 2:02PM

Trudeau government 0-for-3 for budgets that improve fundamentals for growing the economy
Charles Lammam, Hugh MacIntyre
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The government has once again refused to set a timeline for returning to a balanced budget.

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federal budget, government spending, taxes, balanced budget, Justin Trudeau, bill morneau, Ottawa
Février 27, 2018 10:56AM

Workers will ultimately pay part of B.C.’s new employer health tax
Bacchus Barua, Charles Lammam
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The province will spend nearly $22 billion on health care in 2018/19.

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health care, health care costs, MSP, government spending, NDP, john horgan, taxes, business taxes, BC taxpayers
Février 26, 2018 2:27PM

Another wake-up call for Canadian governments to improve investment climate
Charles Lammam, Hugh MacIntyre
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Four provinces have increased their general corporate tax rates over the last three years, including B.C. and Alberta.

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NEB, barriers to investment, business investment, energy investment, capital investment, investment climate, regulation, taxes, payroll tax, personal income tax, federal government, budget, alberta, B.C.
Février 23, 2018 6:00AM

Federal budget an opportunity for Ottawa to change big spending ways
Charles Lammam, Hugh MacIntyre
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This $51 billion increase in spending represents total growth of 20.1 per cent in just three years.

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federal budget, federal government spending, Ottawa, Justin Trudeau, bill morneau, deficit spending, balanced budget, debt and deficit
Février 22, 2018 5:03AM

Trump reforms lay bare Canadian policy missteps
Jason Clemens, Niels Veldhuis
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Prime Minister Trudeau has stated unequivocally that he won’t reduce Canadian taxes to remain competitive.

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donald trump, Justin Trudeau, taxes, investment, barriers to investment, tax reform, income tax, business tax, corporate income tax, bill morneau
Février 21, 2018 11:08AM

Workers, not businesses, will ultimately pay B.C.’s new payroll health tax
Charles Lammam, Hugh MacIntyre
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The new EHT will apply to businesses with annual payrolls of more than $500,000.

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health care tax, MSP, Medical Services Premiums, taxes, taxpayers, bc government, john horgan, bc budget, payroll tax, business tax
Février 20, 2018 3:58PM

B.C. budget—housing plan anything but ‘comprehensive’
Josef Filipowicz
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In today's budget, B.C. NDP Finance Minister Carole James said the government’s housing plan will be “comprehensive."

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housing, housing affordability, social housing, home prices, homebuilders, foreign homebuyers, housing supply, housing demand, vancouver, john horgan
Février 16, 2018 3:27PM

Let’s not subsidize journalism
William Watson
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It’s not clear that the usual way of doing journalism these days contributes much to good government.

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journalists, journalism, media, corporate subsidies, taxpayers, taxpayer subsidies, government spending
Février 16, 2018 12:35PM

B.C. throne speech latest hint that government set to abandon fiscal prudence
Charles Lammam, Ben Eisen
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Premier John Horgan’s NDP government campaigned on balanced budgets.

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bc budget, debt and deficit, john horgan, NDP, balanced budget, bc government spending, taxes
Février 1, 2018 5:00AM

Ontario’s fiscal paradox—a balanced budget and mounting debt
Livio Di Matteo
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In 2016-17, the deficit was $0.991 billion but $6.276 billion was added to the net debt.

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ontario debt, ontario budget, charles sousa, kathleen wynne, ontario, ontario taxpayers, ontario economy, interest rates, net debt, debt and deficits

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