Federal, provincial and local governments spent more than $352 billion subsidizing firms from 2007 to 2019.
economic growth
May 18, 2023
8:58AM
Canada is expected to record the lowest level of growth in living standards among 32 industrialized countries.
May 5, 2023
8:08AM
Barriers to competition limit the incentives of firms to innovate, cut costs and expand their activities.
May 1, 2023
3:00AM
The province's median income increased by just 5.4 per cent—less than half the overall growth rate across Canada.
March 29, 2023
8:34AM
When spending is financed by large deficits, it can fuel inflation or impede economic growth.
March 28, 2023
3:05PM
The budget speech never mentioned the word “entrepreneurship."
March 17, 2023
4:00AM
Between 2016 and 2019, the Trudeau government recorded average economic growth of 2.1 per cent compared to 4.6 per cent during the Chrétien years.
August 18, 2022
8:34AM
According to the OECD, Canada has the weakest prospects for per-person GDP growth between 2020 and 2060 among 17 countries.
