Budget projects an increase in total federal debt of approximately $113 billion over the next five years.
Government Spending & Taxes
March 22, 2016
10:41AM
As the Liberals table their first budget today, federal government debt has reached $692 billion.
March 21, 2016
10:40AM
The provincial government created a new five-bracket tax system with a top tax rate increasing by 50 per cent.
March 21, 2016
4:00AM
On the eve of the new Liberal government’s first federal budget, the key is to get incentives right at home.
March 19, 2016
3:10AM
Why has Ontario racked up so much debt?
March 18, 2016
2:33PM
Canada’s top combined personal income tax rates are now among the highest in the industrialized world.
March 18, 2016
3:00AM
The new federal Liberal government will table its first budget next week, with media reports suggesting a deficit triple the amount promised during the election campaign.
March 17, 2016
4:13PM
Increased OAS spending means less spending elsewhere, higher taxes, and/or more government borrowing.
March 17, 2016
1:05PM
The TD forecast shows a persistent federal deficit of approximately $30 billion a year for the foreseeable future.
March 14, 2016
3:00AM
Between 2003-04 and 2012-13, spending on public schools in Canada increased by 45.9 per cent.
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