Etiket: fiscal
Fiscal year 2023-2024 | Quebec revises its deficit upwards again, to 7.5 billion
(Quebec) The Quebec government is once again revising its deficit upwards for the 2023-2024 financial year to $7.5 billion, citing a context of stagnation in economic activity in the province.…
Alberta sets record $4.3 billion surplus for 2023-24 fiscal year
Alberta announced a surplus of $4.3 billion for the fiscal year ended last March. Finance Minister Nate Horner says Alberta collected nearly $75 billion in the 2023-24 fiscal year, thanks…
does Europe still have a problem of social and fiscal dumping?
Numerous French lists, from all sides, propose measures to reduce unfair economic competition between Member States, a driver of relocations. Franceinfo looked at the form that this social and fiscal…
PS MP Iñaki Echaniz advocates a “fiscal justice measure”
“People sleep in their cars” due to a lack of available housing while owners benefit from “71% reduction and do not participate in the collective effort”, protests the socialist who…
A fiscal guardian angel | The Press
Life insurance payable on the second death? Not your second death. The second within your relationship. Posted at 5:00 a.m. The formula, in two words: two spouses take out life…
A record deficit of $11 billion for the 2024-2025 fiscal year
Finance Minister Eric Girard tabled a budget on Tuesday marked by a record deficit of $11 billion, accompanied by a plan to reduce state spending in anticipation of next year’s…
Economic update | Ottawa must drop anchor… fiscal
Since coming to power in 2015, Justin Trudeau has cast his budgetary anchor in quicksand. To stop the drift, it is time for the federal government to adopt a rigorous…
Municipal associations approve the fiscal pact with Quebec
(Quebec) Municipal associations officially approved the new fiscal pact with the Quebec government on Wednesday, welcoming financial gains for housing and adaptation to climate change. Posted at 3:45 p.m. The…
The United States is heading towards fiscal paralysis
(Washington) The United States is preparing for a “shutdown” on Friday, a paralysis of the federal government which now seems inevitable, barring a last-minute release in Congress, and is expected…
US fiscal paralysis would weigh on the economy
(Washington) A Biden administration official warned Monday that a federal government shutdown, or “shutdown,” would wreak havoc on the U.S. economy if Republicans and Democrats in Congress do not agree…
Fiscal balance | Trudeau refuses to commit to presenting a return plan
(Ottawa) Prime Minister and Liberal leader Justin Trudeau refused again on Friday to commit to presenting a plan to return to balanced budgets, even if a resolution from the Quebec…
Ottawa posts budget surplus for first 11 months of fiscal year
(OTTAWA) The federal government on Friday posted a budget surplus for the 11-month period between April 2022 and February 2023. Posted at 1:19 p.m. In its monthly financial review, the…
[Chronique] Love or fear the fiscal equinox
While the majority of people cheer at the sound of small birds and streams of water flowing in rills as the snow melts, I struggle very hard not to provoke…
[Opinion] Tax cuts, a risk for Quebec’s fiscal sustainability
As promised during the last election campaign, Finance Minister Eric Girard is expected to announce a tax cut in his March 21 budget. Having not lowered taxes during its first…
Quebec budget | The current fiscal policy framework needs to be reviewed
60 years ago, Quebec elected a government whose vision was to modernize and develop society by using the public sector as a lever for its economic, cultural and social development.…
“Fiscal autonomy” of Quebec | QS reiterates its demand for a single tax return
At the dawn of tax season, Québec solidaire reiterated on Sunday its request to the Legault government to implement a single tax return in order to reduce the “bureaucratic duplication…
“Fiscal imbalance” | Legault wants to increase his balance of power with Ottawa
(Quebec) For the second time since his re-election four months ago, Premier François Legault says he is looking for ways to mobilize Quebecers in order to increase his balance of…
[Éditorial de Brian Myles] The Trudeau government’s missed opportunity with fiscal prudence
Former Bank of Canada Governor David Dodge and close associates recently threw a damper on the Trudeau government’s spending by releasing a disturbing report on the state of public finances.…
Joe Biden accuses Republicans of ‘fiscal insanity’
(Washington) US President Joe Biden ruled on Monday that the Republican opposition, who accuses him of spending lavishly, suffered from “budgetary insanity”, and shattered the economic projects of the conservatives.…
Economic Update: A Balanced Fiscal Outlook Against Recession Risk Fund
The federal government has been telegraphing for weeks that Canada’s economic outlook has darkened. Ottawa’s economic update confirmed that the country’s economy is in “a period of anemic growth.” The…