When the First World War began, there was no expectation that it would spawn an entirely new tax system.
Government Spending & Taxes
March 24, 2020
10:19AM
March 18, 2020
3:42PM
Ottawa will spend up to $27 billion supporting individual Canadians and businesses.
February 27, 2020
5:48PM
Alberta saw spending reductions of 20 per cent during the reforms of the 1990s.
December 6, 2019
11:18AM
The unemployment rate rose to 5.9 per cent, in the biggest one-month jump since the 2009 recession.
November 29, 2019
8:45AM
Since Justin Trudeau entered office, per-person spending has increased by 17.5 per cent in just four years.
August 30, 2019
11:58AM
The Blue Ribbon Panel and the Kenney government face a daunting fiscal challenge.
May 10, 2019
8:28AM
In fact, $700 million represents the taxes paid by almost 83,000 Canadians.
May 3, 2019
3:28PM
When I play 18 holes, the person who benefits is me.
March 29, 2019
10:11AM
“STiK” is Ottawa’s acronym for “social transfer in kind."
March 22, 2019
1:28PM
In 2018-19, per person federal program spending (adjusted for inflation) reached $8,869.
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