Compared to people in other provinces, Albertans are more likely to experience long spells of unemployment.
taxes
Eighty-one per cent of middle-class families in Canada now pay higher income taxes.
Ontario’s population may grow by 30 per cent, from 14.2 to 18.5 million.
Ontario raised its top personal income tax rate by 3.1 percentage points, preventing up to 2,158 new businesses from starting.
If federalism means anything, provinces must have real responsibilities.
Motorists in Vancouver will see the gasoline tax increase by 1.5 cents per litre.
Reducing Canada’s corporate tax rate will directly promote business investment.
The list of made-in-Canada policies that have reduced our competitiveness is long and substantial.
Ontario needs policies that encourage Ontarians to spend more energy and imagination working and innovating.
High marginal tax rates discourage productive economic activities such as work, savings, investment and entrepreneurship.