Having trouble viewing? Try the web version [link removed] of this email. Latest Research The average Canadian family paid more in 2023 on taxes than it did on housing, food and clothing combined [[link removed]]
Taxes versus the Necessities of Life: The Canadian Consumer Tax Index 2024 edition finds that in 2023, the average Canadian family spent 43.0 per cent of its income on taxes compared to 35.6 per cent on basic necessities.
Read More [[link removed]] Ford government recorded two of Ontario’s three-highest per-person spending years since 1965 [[link removed]]
Ontario Premiers and Provincial Government Spending, 2024 finds that despite political rhetoric while in opposition, the Ontario government of Premier Doug Ford has recorded two of the three highest per person spending levels since 1965, even excluding COVID-related one-time spending. In fact, Premier Ford’s highest per person spending levels ($12,227 in 2020 and $12,081 in 2021, excluding COVID spending) surpass former Premier Kathleen Wynne’s highest spending level: $11,101 in 2017.
Read More [[link removed]] Commentary and Blog Posts Here’s why young Canadians are pessimistic about the federal government [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Ottawa Sun) by Jake Fuss and Grady Munro
Eighty-six per cent of middle-income families now pay more in taxes than they did in 2015.
Canada living standards falling behind rest of developed world [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Hub) By: Alex Whalen, Milagros Palacios, and Lawrence Schembri
On Canada Day, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland proclaimed that “Canada is the best country in the world,” yet Canadians are getting poorer relative to their peers in many other countries and our living standards are falling.
Alberta government should pay dividends to Albertans from Heritage Fund [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Calgary Herald) by Tegan Hill and Joel Emes
In Alaska, the state government must deposit at least 25 per cent of all mineral revenues into the fund each year.
Federal government can reduce taxes and balance budget in two years [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Hill Times) By: Grady Munro and Jake Fuss
Canadians are flocking south in record numbers to live in the United States, due likely in part to Canada’s high taxes and faltering economy. Clearly, the policy status quo in Ottawa cannot continue.
Poor government policy helping drive residents away from British Columbia [[link removed]] (Appeared in True North) by Jake Fuss and Grady Munro
From 2018 to 2022, each year (on average) the province added 86,339 residents while only adding 39,776 home completions.
No better time than summertime to privatize alcohol sales in New Brunswick [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Fredericton Daily Gleaner) By: Alex Whalen
With summer in full swing, many New Brunswickers are visiting their nearest Alcohol NB (ANBL) to stock up on beverages of choice.
More money won’t solve B.C.’s health-care crisis [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Western Standard) By: Tegan Hill and Mackenzie Moir
According to John Rustad, leader of the Conservative Party of British Columbia, the province’s health-care system “is collapsing” and “throwing more money at this problem won’t solve it.”
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