本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛The Ontario government’s austerity plans call for cutting spending on public services and dramatically reducing benefits and salaries of teachers and other public service workers in order to reduce the deficit. Both the Drummond report and the government have focussed on what the province is spending as opposed to how much revenue it is generating.
Facts about the province’s spending
According to Statistics Canada:
Ontario spends less per capita overall than any other province.
Public sector wages have steadily declined as a share of provincial spending since 1981.
"Spending is neither out of control nor wildly excessive. Ontario runs one of the lowest-cost provincial governments in Canada relative to its GDP and has done so for decades"
– Drummond Commission
Ontario is not collecting enough revenue
• Ontario is losing $15 billion a year by continuing to give deepening tax cuts for corporations, even though Stats Canada has shown that corporate tax cuts have not generated new jobs.
• The top 1% of earners in Canada pay a smaller share of their income in taxes than the 10% with the lowest income, due to tax loopholes and the current income tax structure. - Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA).
As Ontarians from all walks of life are asked to curb their expectations, the income gap between the rich and the rest has increased at a faster pace than in the U.S. Canada’s richest 1% had a 32% share of all income growth from 1997-2007 compared to 8% in the 1950s and 60s. – CCPA.更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net
Facts about the province’s spending
According to Statistics Canada:
Ontario spends less per capita overall than any other province.
Public sector wages have steadily declined as a share of provincial spending since 1981.
"Spending is neither out of control nor wildly excessive. Ontario runs one of the lowest-cost provincial governments in Canada relative to its GDP and has done so for decades"
– Drummond Commission
Ontario is not collecting enough revenue
• Ontario is losing $15 billion a year by continuing to give deepening tax cuts for corporations, even though Stats Canada has shown that corporate tax cuts have not generated new jobs.
• The top 1% of earners in Canada pay a smaller share of their income in taxes than the 10% with the lowest income, due to tax loopholes and the current income tax structure. - Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA).
As Ontarians from all walks of life are asked to curb their expectations, the income gap between the rich and the rest has increased at a faster pace than in the U.S. Canada’s richest 1% had a 32% share of all income growth from 1997-2007 compared to 8% in the 1950s and 60s. – CCPA.更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net