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Octobre 31, 2024 12:01PM

Smith government should finally deboard Alberta’s resource revenue rollercoaster

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Tegan Hill
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Albertans went from paying $58 per person in provincial debt interest costs in 2008/09 to $596 in 2021/22.

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resource revenues, budget deficit, alberta's debt, alberta sustainability fund
Octobre 31, 2024 5:00AM

Ontario government should walk the walk when encouraging economic growth
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Jake Fuss, Grady Munro
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High tax rates lower the incentive for individuals to work, save and invest.

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ontario debt, ontario taxes, ontario tax system
Octobre 30, 2024 11:37AM

Ontario’s mini-budget maintains high-tax approach despite ‘tax rebate’ head fake
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Ben Eisen
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The province's debt will reach $429 billion this year.

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tax rates, ontario tax system, ontario taxes, ontario taxpayers, ontario budget
Octobre 28, 2024 2:30AM

Economic freedom fell for three straight years
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Matthew D. Mitchell
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Governments financed this new spending by printing money and inflation spiked to levels not seen in decades.

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Economic Freedom, Other Topics
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economic freedom, civil freedom, inflation, size of government
Octobre 24, 2024 1:00AM

Ontario government shovels out heaps of corporate welfare
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Matthew Lau
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The province's taxpayers gave $4.5 million to the manufacturer of Sour Patch Kids candy.

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Government Spending & Taxes
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ontario government spending, corporate welfare, ontario corporate welfare, transfer payments, economic development
Octobre 23, 2024 1:00PM

Atlantic provinces should reduce business taxes to spur economic activity in region
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Alex Whalen
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The region's four provinces have the four highest provincial business income tax rates in Canada.

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Atlantic Canada Prosperity, Government Spending & Taxes
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tax policy, atlantic canada economy, business taxation, business taxes, tax reform, atlantic canada, corporate taxes
Octobre 20, 2024 6:00AM

Canadians are ready for health-care reform—Australia shows the way
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Bacchus Barua, Mackenzie Moir
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Australia had more physicians, hospital beds, CT scanners and MRI machines per person compared to Canada.

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Health Care
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universal health care, health insurance, access to health care, for-profit hospitals, health care performance, wait times, private insurance, Public Private Partnership
Octobre 14, 2024 1:00PM

Government policy hurts P.E.I. residents with modest incomes
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Alex Whalen
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At $50,000 in income, Islanders face the fifth-highest tax rate among 61 jurisdictions in Canada and the United States.
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prince edward island, pei spending, marginal tax rates, government policies
Octobre 7, 2024 10:18AM

Cost of Ottawa’s gun ban fiasco may reach $6 billion

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Gary Mauser
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The federal government has not revealed how it will collect the newly-banned firearms.

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buy back gun program, gun control, gun regulations, guns
Septembre 28, 2024 6:30AM

Other countries with universal health care don’t have Canada’s long wait times

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Mackenzie Moir, Bacchus Barua
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In Germany, patients can seek private care while still insured by the public system.

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universal health care, health care system, health care spending, private clinics, private health care

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