Government employees in B.C. receive, on average, 7.4 per cent higher wages than comparable workers in the private sector.
Government Spending & Taxes
As the prime minister tours the country, he can see how his policies are making things worse—not better.
It’s not clear what “tax fairness” means to Prime Minister Trudeau.
Deficits, among other consequences, weaken business confidence in Canada’s economy.
The introduction of a carbon price must replace, not be in addition to, existing regulations.
Taxes already account for approximately 35 per cent of the price at the pump.
Province’s unemployment rate has hit nine per cent.
Canada’s finance ministers are currently meeting in Ottawa to discuss federal health transfers.
In Canada, total government spending—more than 40 per cent of GDP—is much higher than empirical evidence shows to be optimal.
Per capita municipal debt in Ontario ranged from a low of zero in Whitby to a high of $2,634 in York Region.
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