This fiscal year the province's debt interest costs with reach $3.3 billion.
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February 8, 2024
5:30AM
More than 58 per cent of families in the province reported difficulty finding child care in 2023 compared to 46.5 per cent in 2019.
December 13, 2023
9:30AM
By 2025/26, the province will spend an estimated $4.1 billion on debt interest—an increase of 53 per cent over three years.
March 8, 2023
7:00AM
Public-sector capital investment is pegged at $48.5 billion over the next three years.
February 27, 2023
11:23AM
The province now has the fourth-highest top personal income tax rate in Canada and the United States.
February 27, 2023
6:00AM
An unexpected boost in revenues temporarily forestalled rapid debt growth.
February 24, 2023
2:13PM
After six consecutive years of surpluses, the government ran operating deficits in 2019 and 2020.
February 1, 2023
11:30AM
During the restraint period, per-person spending increased by $44 per year compared to $401 from 2016/17 to 2019/20.