Ben Eisen
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Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, and P.E.I. have highest personal income tax rates in Canada at $50,000 of income
Atlantic Canada faces a substantial challenge in the realm of tax competitiveness. Across multiple dimensions of taxation, the region imposes higher tax rates than most other Canadian provinces.
A New Fiscal Framework for British Columbia
British Columbia’s provincial government finances have deteriorated rapidly in recent years. With large deficits and rapid debt accumulation forecasted in the years ahead, British Columbia is on track to become a high-debt province.
British Columbia's Coming Debt Boom in Historical Context
There has been a rapid increase in government spending in British Columbia in recent years. The province is now forecasting a dramatic increase in government debt over its current three-year fiscal plan, primarily due to this spending growth. Many British Columbians may not understand the scale of the projected debt growth. This bulletin attempts to rectify that by providing comparative...
Canada’s big cities lag behind U.S. cities on middle-income earnings
In the early 1980s, Canada’s per-person gross domestic product (GDP), a common measure of economic prosperity, was almost identical to the United States. Since then, Canada has fallen further and further behind and the gap today stands at approximately 30 per cent.