Government Spending & Taxes

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The government has moved from a 10 per cent flat rate personal income tax to a progressive tax with steeper rates.


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Ontario will wind up with higher taxes, more regulation and more distortive subsidies—a dangerous combination for the provincial economy.

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At an average of 3.6 per cent, the most robust growth period for Central Canada was during the pre-1973 oil crisis.

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The Institute recently released a study that calculated rates of return (nominal and real) received by Canadian retirees from the Canada Pension Plan (CPP).


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Alberta projects a budget deficit of $28.9 billion over the next three years.


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Personal income tax rates are being hiked across the board, between one and three percentage points depending on income.


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Manitoba’s newly-elected government faces some important fiscal challenges.


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While it might not appear so, a higher minimum wage is effectively a tax.


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The province has run an operating deficit in all but one year since 2008/09—even when oil prices exceeded $90 per barrel.

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