Government support for national airplane producers can come at a great cost.
government spending canada
May 4, 2017
9:51AM
The federal government calls the $7 billion set aside for subsidizing daycare “infrastructure.”
December 16, 2016
12:52PM
In Canada, total government spending—more than 40 per cent of GDP—is much higher than empirical evidence shows to be optimal.
December 14, 2016
9:59AM
Study found that PR countries tend to finance extra spending by running larger deficits.
December 9, 2016
9:35AM
Government-sector workers in Canada retire 2.3 years earlier, on average, than private-sector workers.
December 6, 2016
3:00AM
Study examines how fiscal policies aimed at reducing government deficits affect the economy.
September 20, 2016
7:56AM
Government spending has increased in Ontario, and Alberta has dramatically increased the tax burden on residents and businesses.
April 11, 2012
2:00AM
The recent federal and Ontario budgets produced a plethora of headlines about how the public sector should brace for changes to its costly pension deals. The dramatic language was in part provoked by lines like this from the Ontario budget: Pension costs are one of the fastest-growing line items and the status quo is not an option.