Canada Election Economy
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Conservative platform projects $23B deficit in 2020-2021, return to surplus in 5 yearsAndrew Scheer’s Conservatives are proposing to run a deficit of $23-billion next year if they are elected Oct. 21.PoliticsOct 11, 2019
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Will the parties’ housing plans help affordability in Vancouver? Not quite, critics sayDespite municipal and provincial efforts like taxes, crackdowns on renovictions and easing red tape, the message is clear: more financial help is needed from the federal government.CanadaOct 10, 2019
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Albertans feeling ignored in election campaign amid ‘jobless’ recovery'You see all the election coverage, and they talk about the pipeline but they don't necessarily talk about Alberta. It's not just statistics and data — it's humans.'PoliticsOct 10, 2019
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Tories pledge help for adoptive parents with extra EI leave, expanded tax creditA Conservative government would give parents who adopt children under the age of 18 an extra 15 weeks of EI-funded leave to provide a full year off.PoliticsOct 10, 2019
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Who is in Canada’s middle class, and why some experts hate the termWhile economists might shudder when they hear talk of the elusive middle class, parties love to speak to this group because it appeals to the broadest section of voters.PoliticsOct 10, 2019
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The federal leaders — how well do you know ’em? Learn from Ryan Jespersen’s poemCanadian voters soon will make a choice, one Ryan describes in his poetry voice.CommentaryOct 10, 2019
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Debt and deficits: Where the parties stand on balancing the books in CanadaWhere the parties stand on balancing the books in Canada.CanadaOct 10, 2019
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Parties are promising to tackle Canada’s housing crisis. Will their policies work?A look at what the four main parties are promising Canadians on the issue of housing.PoliticsOct 10, 2019
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Politicians need to focus on renting, not buyingPoliticians need to stop peddling the dead dream of homeownership to millennials who will never be able to afford it, Supriya Dwivedi says.CommentaryOct 9, 2019
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Reality check: Trudeau claims Scheer is giving Canada’s wealthiest a $50,000 tax breakJustin Trudeau claimed that Andrew Scheer’s platform would give a $50,000 tax break for some of Canada’s wealthiest households. Is this accurate?CanadaOct 7, 2019
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