federal budget

4:37PM
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Parliament should work toward budget balance for sake of Canadians

Since 2015/16, federal gross debt has approximately doubled from $1.1 trillion to an expected $2.1 trillion this year.


9:07AM
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B.C. government should tell British Columbians about any tax hike plan

The province now has the fourth-highest top combined income tax rate in Canada and the United States.


12:06PM
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Poor government policy helping drive residents away from British Columbia

From 2018 to 2022, each year (on average) the province added 86,339 residents while only adding 39,776 home completions.


12:30PM
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Canada unlikely to meet NATO commitments without significant debt accumulation

Because of its own failures to responsibly manage the nation’s finances, Canada is in a weak fiscal position to increase defence spending.


2:30AM
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Federal government’s fiscal record—one for the history books

The size of the federal government has expanded by more than one quarter in a decade.


4:30AM
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Latest federal budget will continue trend of negative outcomes for Canadians

Compared to last year’s fiscal plan, the government will now overspend by $120.8 billion over five years.


2:30AM
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Canadians should decide what to do with their money—not politicians and bureaucrats

Only 16 per cent of Canadians said they receive good or great value for their tax dollars.


4:07PM
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Federal government sticks to its soft fiscal targets—but this is no cause for celebration
According to the budget, deficits over five years will add more than $153 billion in additional federal debt.