{
  "id": 1679151,
  "title": "GOLDSTEIN: Provincial taxes could skyrocket to pay for federal deficits, report says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/goldstein-provincial-taxes-could-skyrocket-to-pay-for-federal",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T09:00:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Toronto Sun",
    "slug": "toronto-sun",
    "url": "https://torontosun.com/news/national/goldstein-provincial-taxes-could-skyrocket-to-pay-for-federal-deficits-report-says"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Fraser Institute says that cutting existing federal transfer payments to the provinces for health care and social services by 15% would blow a $19.4-billion hole in provincial budgets across the country today.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}