Fraser Forum

Government Spending & Taxes

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Ontario government shovels out heaps of corporate welfare

The province's taxpayers gave $4.5 million to the manufacturer of Sour Patch Kids candy.


1:00PM
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Atlantic provinces should reduce business taxes to spur economic activity in region

The region's four provinces have the four highest provincial business income tax rates in Canada.


1:30PM
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Federal government’s capital gains tax hike is worse than you think

Inflationary gains represent a significant share of the capital gains Canadians are currently realizing.


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Canada’s economic stagnation—a big problem for Canadians

Under Prime Minister Trudeau, annual per-person economic growth has averaged just 0.3 per cent.


2:45AM
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Federal government should have taken own advice about debt accumulation

According to projections, the federal debt will increase by nearly 20 per cent over the next four years.


10:44AM
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Misleading polls may produce more damaging federal policies
Support for pharmacare drops from 79 per cent to 40 per cent when the question includes a GST hike.

2:30AM
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Federal government’s fiscal record—one for the history books

The size of the federal government has expanded by more than one quarter in a decade.


12:30PM
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Municipal dollars in Ontario—where did the money go?

Municipal government spending in the province has grown 2.5 times faster than general inflation and two times faster than population.


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