federal spending

1:51PM
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Trudeau’s new tax package gets almost everything wrong

The newly-announced GST holiday and tax rebate is a grab bag of bad ideas that will not get Canada out of its long-term growth rut.


2:30AM
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Ottawa should finally change course after decade of deficits

This fiscal year the government will run a projected $39.8 billion budget deficit.


11:20AM
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Canadians should expect even more spending in federal fall economic statement

As the federal government increases its spending estimates, it further delays plans to reduce the deficit.


4:30AM
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How big things could get done—even in Canada

The federal government plans to abandon the Phoenix pay system after spending $3.5 billion trying to implement it.


2:06PM
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Federal government crushing private-sector child care in Ontario

The government is pouring billions into subsidizing child care, artificially inflating demand.


11:30AM
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CBC and CTV fail to ask key questions about Ottawa’s big three social programs

The cost of the three programs comprised a mere 4.1 per cent of CTV’s coverage and 3.7 per cent of CBC’s coverage.


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.


9:09AM
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Alberta remains largest net contributor to Ottawa’s coffers despite damaging federal policies

From 2007 to 2022, Albertans contributed $244.6 billion more to the federal government than they received.