Canada’s top combined personal income tax rates are now among the highest in the industrialized world.
Government Spending & Taxes
Mars 18, 2016
3:00AM
The new federal Liberal government will table its first budget next week, with media reports suggesting a deficit triple the amount promised during the election campaign.
Mars 17, 2016
4:13PM
Increased OAS spending means less spending elsewhere, higher taxes, and/or more government borrowing.
Mars 17, 2016
1:05PM
The TD forecast shows a persistent federal deficit of approximately $30 billion a year for the foreseeable future.
Mars 14, 2016
3:00AM
Between 2003-04 and 2012-13, spending on public schools in Canada increased by 45.9 per cent.
Mars 9, 2016
10:42AM
Some speculate that Justin Trudeau’s government may raise the tax rate on capital gains in next week's federal budget.
Mars 9, 2016
3:00AM
Per capita federal net debt (in 2015 dollars) grew from $577 in 1870 to $19,302 in 2015.
Mars 8, 2016
3:00AM
The percentage of seniors living in low-income has consistently fallen over the past four decades.
Mars 2, 2016
3:00AM
From 2015 to 2018, interest on Ontario's debt will grow from $11.2 billion to $13.1 billion—an increase of nearly 17 per cent.
Février 29, 2016
3:00AM
Over the last 50 years, federal spending has increased about twice as fast for First Nations people compared to the average Canadian.
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