Tax uncertainty impedes decisions by entrepreneurs and investors.
Government Spending & Taxes
March 21, 2017
3:00AM
Capital gains tax revenue from individual Canadians amounts to $4.3 billion each year.
March 20, 2017
3:00AM
The lowest interest rates since the 1960s have led governments to believe that they can run deficits and still be fiscally responsible.
March 17, 2017
2:16PM
Last year’s estimated average wait between referral to treatment in Alberta was 22.9 weeks.
March 17, 2017
8:41AM
By 2016/17, Alberta’s debts exceeded its financial assets for the first time since 2000/2001.
March 16, 2017
3:10PM
By 2019/20, Alberta’s net debt will reach $45 billion or $10,000 for every man, woman and child.
March 16, 2017
2:37PM
Consumption is now a more reliable tax base upon which to promote economic growth and fairness.
March 15, 2017
10:35AM
Spending choices have largely driven the province’s nearly unbroken string of deficits.
March 15, 2017
10:10AM
The Chretien Consensus includes prudent spending, balanced budgets, declining debt and competitive taxes.
March 14, 2017
8:07AM
The federal government is not properly measuring the effectiveness of 90 per cent of its spending on innovation and skills training.
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