In many cases, municipal employee wages were harmonized upwards.
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Ontario's provincial net debt is pushing $360 billion.
To eliminate the deficit, the government’s four-year plan will cut program spending by 1.6 per cent over four years.
Additional spending reductions would have created additional fiscal room for pro-growth tax reform.
Appeasing Beijing can come with financial and reputational costs.
Mining investors identified infrastructure issues in Canada’s North as a major area of concern.
Alberta's per-person debt-service costs may hit $655 by 2020/21.
Since its inception, the U.S. federal minimum wage has never been reduced.
The top combined personal income tax rate in Alberta is now 48 per cent compared to 39 per cent in 2014.
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