In neighbouring Burnaby, it takes almost five months less for typical housing development projects to receive a greenlight from city hall, and costs approximately $20,000 less in compliance fees per new dwelling unit.
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Even the prospect of small deficits relative to GDP may generate substantial investor uncertainty in an environment where interest rates are on the way up.
Thank you for your interest in our blog in 2015. We’re taking a break for the holidays and will resume posting on Jan. 4.
In order to give a good gift you have to understand, as economists do, that value is subjective.
Research shows that increasing financial transparency contributes to improved governance and reduced corruption.
Canada's federal government alone spends more than $10 billion annually on aboriginal issues.
The Canadian retirement income system already provides Canadians with an adequate standard of living in retirement.
Between 2001 and 2008, Ontario provincial government spending grew at an average of five per cent annually while revenues only grew four per cent.
Today, Standard and Poor’s downgraded the Alberta government’s credit rating in part due to “concerns of weak budgetary performances and rising debt burden.”
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