When the province's resource revenues declined by roughly 22 per cent, the government did not commensurately reduce program spending.
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June 2, 2021
10:05AM
The reduced deficit relies largely on oil and gas royalties and transfers from Ottawa.
May 28, 2021
2:30AM
Government salaries and benefits comprise approximately 42 per cent of the province's spending.
January 4, 2021
12:08PM
Approximately 72,000 Newfoundlanders and Labradorians made charitable contributions, down from 85,600 in 2008.
October 23, 2020
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The province's spending is projected to increase by $542 million.
April 2, 2020
3:33PM
Alberta’s per-person government debt has eclipsed $10,000 this year.
October 25, 2018
9:39AM
New Brunswick's debt load will climb to an estimated 115 per cent of GDP over the next 25 years.
August 16, 2016
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Adding more renewable electricity generation will not help Atlantic Canadians already burdened with high energy prices.
October 2, 2014
6:00AM
In the recent New Brunswick election, an unremarkable engineering activity apparently took front and centre: hydraulic fracturing for natural gas, popularly known as fracking.