The province's taxpayers gave $4.5 million to the manufacturer of Sour Patch Kids candy.
corporate welfare
August 1, 2024
2:30AM
Eighty-six per cent of middle-income families now pay more in taxes than they did in 2015.
July 25, 2024
3:30AM
Federal policies are largely to blame for the massive decline in investment in the extraction sector.
July 4, 2024
2:30AM
The federal government's support for EV initiatives will cost taxpayers at least $31.4 billion.
May 2, 2024
1:18PM
There’s little evidence that corporate welfare generates widespread economic growth or jobs.
April 26, 2024
9:04AM
Other automakers will likely ask for similar handouts from Ontario and the federal government.
March 13, 2024
3:00AM
Quebec spent roughly the same amount of money on corporate welfare as it collected in business income tax revenue.
January 30, 2024
12:28PM
The seven organizations combined will spend more than $2 billion in 2023-24 while employing nearly 2,000 civil servants.
September 21, 2023
5:30AM
In 2019, the Alberta government spent $2 billion on corporate welfare.
July 28, 2023
10:25AM
The province spent $171 million on business subsidies in 2019.