federal programs
Only public and non-profit providers have access to the billions in government grants.
Support for government-funded pharmacare, dental care and daycare plummeted to well below 50 per cent if the programs are paid for by tax hikes.
Over the past eight years, Canada's growth in real GDP per person is a paltry 1.6 per cent versus 14.7 per cent in the United States.
More than 60 per cent of lower-income families now pay higher federal income taxes.
There’s nothing peculiar about letter delivery, trains, television and radio programs, or alcohol sales that justifies governmental operation.
Parents who prefer informal daycare are excluded from the federal child care program.
This year the federal government expects to spend $52.8 billion more than it has in revenues.
The national daycare program will cost an estimated $7.9 billion annually by 2025/26.
When linked to a GST hike, support for a national prescription drug program falls from 79 per cent to 40 per cent.