The government has moved from a 10 per cent flat rate personal income tax to a progressive tax with steeper rates.
Government Spending & Taxes
Mai 24, 2016
2:58PM
Ontario will wind up with higher taxes, more regulation and more distortive subsidies—a dangerous combination for the provincial economy.
Mai 16, 2016
11:43AM
At an average of 3.6 per cent, the most robust growth period for Central Canada was during the pre-1973 oil crisis.
Mai 6, 2016
5:04PM
The Institute recently released a study that calculated rates of return (nominal and real) received by Canadian retirees from the Canada Pension Plan (CPP).
Avril 29, 2016
3:00AM
In the 12 years following 2001, there were almost two new tax expenditures per year.
Avril 28, 2016
1:09PM
Alberta projects a budget deficit of $28.9 billion over the next three years.
Avril 25, 2016
12:52PM
Personal income tax rates are being hiked across the board, between one and three percentage points depending on income.
Avril 22, 2016
11:24AM
Manitoba’s newly-elected government faces some important fiscal challenges.
Avril 20, 2016
11:07AM
While it might not appear so, a higher minimum wage is effectively a tax.
Avril 18, 2016
12:00PM
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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