canadian economy

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This week’s 2016 Economic Statement cut average growth to 1.7 per cent over the next five years.


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A mercantilist policy that simple-mindedly favours exports and discourages imports inevitably ends up suppressing real wages.

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From 2003/04 to 2015/16, Ontario program spending grew at an average annual rate of 4.7 per cent.

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The federal government has increased spending by 7.6 per cent this year alone.


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Taxes for the average Canadian family have increased 1,939 per cent since 1961.

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Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes did little to improve their economic fundamentals or competitiveness.

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At $29.4 billion, the projected budget deficit in 2016/17 is larger than the cumulative budget deficits projected for the entire mandate in the Liberal platform.