Government Spending & Taxes

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Government employees in B.C. receive, on average, 7.4 per cent higher wages than comparable workers in the private sector.


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As the prime minister tours the country, he can see how his policies are making things worse—not better.


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It’s not clear what “tax fairness” means to Prime Minister Trudeau.


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Deficits, among other consequences, weaken business confidence in Canada’s economy.


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The introduction of a carbon price must replace, not be in addition to, existing regulations.


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Taxes already account for approximately 35 per cent of the price at the pump.


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Province’s unemployment rate has hit nine per cent.


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Canada’s finance ministers are currently meeting in Ottawa to discuss federal health transfers.


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In Canada, total government spending—more than 40 per cent of GDP—is much higher than empirical evidence shows to be optimal.


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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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