Canadians could face tax hikes as Ottawa scrambles to fund defence target: report
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The federal government should consider a one-to-two-point increase in the GST and slower growth in federal transfer payments to the provinces to finance a massive jump in military spending, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute.
  • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
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    3 days ago

    Yup. Cutting federal staff worth 3.5% of GDP was never going to work.

    That’s fine. Spending on the military is mildly redistributive anyway.