By December 2020, a large body of research showed that children represented two per cent or less of diagnosed COVID cases.
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August 22, 2023
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Wages in the mining-sector are more than 40 per cent higher than the average in all other sectors in the province.
August 9, 2023
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The province's top combined income tax rate is 54 per cent.
July 13, 2023
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The unemployment rate in Atlantic Canada was 8.7 per cent compared to 5.5 per cent in the rest of the country.
July 7, 2023
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The average family in the province will pay more than 45 per cent of its income in taxes this year.
June 6, 2023
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At 58.2 weeks, the province’s median wait time is more than double the national average.
May 8, 2023
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A lower employment rate also has implications for government finances.
April 24, 2023
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The government promised to add 1,500 spots by the end of 2022, but instead added just 400.
April 5, 2023
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In 2017, the provincial government spent $310 million on corporate welfare.
March 24, 2023
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The budget projects a deficit of $278.9 million this year.