Governments financed this new spending by printing money and inflation spiked to levels not seen in decades.
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The province's taxpayers gave $4.5 million to the manufacturer of Sour Patch Kids candy.
The region's four provinces have the four highest provincial business income tax rates in Canada.
Australia had more physicians, hospital beds, CT scanners and MRI machines per person compared to Canada.
The federal government has not revealed how it will collect the newly-banned firearms.
In Germany, patients can seek private care while still insured by the public system.
Higher-performing universal health-care systems fund their hospitals based on services they provide.
In 2023/24, the province's net debt reached $408 billion.
By 2029/30, B.C. is on track to have more government debt per person than Quebec and Ontario.
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