All in all, exercise training reversed 100% of the 30-year age-related decline in aerobic power. Even so, exercise did not take the men back to their peak performance after 8 weeks of intense training at age 20.
According the 2012/13 budget figures, the province's residents paid more than $2 billion in MSP premiums, more than double the amount they paid a decade ago when MSP generated about $900 million per year for the government. Federal taxes for Employment Insurance and the Canada Pension Plan will also be higher in 2013.
He also said that with the budget in surplus, B.C.'s finances are now healthy enough to make the tax cut. Starting on Jan. 1, B.C. will reduce MSP premiums by 50 per cent for households where the familyâs net income is below $120,000. Such families, once they register to receive the reduction, will save $900 a year.