When the GDP numbers came out late last week it showed the Canadian economy is not doing especially well these days. Sure, consumer spending was up a bit – 3.5% …
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Saskatchewan playing big role in the future of global nuclear industry
There are some big forces coming together here. And Saskatchewan is at the heart of it. Earlier this week Nex-Gen Energy announced it had cleared a major …
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Taxpayers on the hook for unbridled federal deficit spending
The Fraser institute is well-known for its take on taxation and the burden of financing government placed on taxpayers. It came up with the Tax Freedom Day …
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Federal government uses the West as a pawn in trade dispute
The latest trade dispute facing Canadians is a truly east-west scrap. The federal government has slapped a 100-percent tariff on electric cars coming …
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Government spending creates mirage of growth
The latest GDP report tracking whether we are experiencing growth or contraction of the Canadian economy showed things are slowing…and perhaps more than we …
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Canadians experience bigger increase in taxes than other expenses
There was a telling tidbit in last week’s jobs report that showed the public sector in this country added more than 40,000 jobs in July at a time when private …
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