Over the past eight years, Canada's growth in real GDP per person is a paltry 1.6 per cent versus 14.7 per cent in the United States.
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More than 60 per cent of lower-income families now pay higher federal income taxes.
There’s nothing peculiar about letter delivery, trains, television and radio programs, or alcohol sales that justifies governmental operation.
Parents who prefer informal daycare are excluded from the federal child care program.
This year the federal government expects to spend $52.8 billion more than it has in revenues.
The national daycare program will cost an estimated $7.9 billion annually by 2025/26.
When linked to a GST hike, support for a national prescription drug program falls from 79 per cent to 40 per cent.
In 2021/22, federal program spending is projected to increase by roughly $51.0 billion.
From 2016 to 2019, Canada saw relatively low rates of growth in incomes and private-sector job creation.