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Mars 23, 2018 9:04AM

Alberta’s 2018 budget—a breathtaking exercise in complacency
Ben Eisen
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Once its net debt reaches $48 billion in 2020/21, Alberta will have burned through $83 billion in net assets in 13 years.

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Mars 6, 2018 2:37PM

Ottawa using bounty of robust growth to simply boost spending
Livio Di Matteo
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Canada’s federal net debt will climb to $831.5 billion by 2022-23.

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Mars 1, 2018 12:43PM

2018 budget—another nail in the coffin of Trudeau’s balanced budget promise
Charles Lammam, Hugh MacIntyre
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The budget proposes cumulative deficits totalling $72.8 billion over the government’s first mandate.

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Février 23, 2018 6:00AM

Federal budget an opportunity for Ottawa to change big spending ways
Charles Lammam, Hugh MacIntyre
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This $51 billion increase in spending represents total growth of 20.1 per cent in just three years.

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Février 16, 2018 12:35PM

B.C. throne speech latest hint that government set to abandon fiscal prudence
Charles Lammam, Ben Eisen
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Premier John Horgan’s NDP government campaigned on balanced budgets.

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Décembre 22, 2017 7:00AM

Another tough year for Alberta finances
Steve Lafleur
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The $10.3 billion deficit the province plans to run this year is just shy of the provincial record of $10.8 billion set last year.

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rachel notley, debt and deficit, alberta debt, alberta deficit, joe ceci, program spending
Décembre 21, 2017 5:30AM

Ten year-end facts Canadians need to know
Niels Veldhuis, Charles Lammam, Milagros Palacios
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Prime Minister Trudeau is on track to increase per-person federal debt more than any other prime minister in Canadian history who didn’t face a world war or economic recession.

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Justin Trudeau, taxes, canadian income tax, small business, debt and deficit, deficit spending, average canadian family tax bill
Octobre 4, 2017 11:00AM

Government spending—the problem in Newfoundland and Labrador
Livio Di Matteo
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In the last 37 fiscal years, the province has only posted seven budget surpluses.

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Septembre 20, 2017 9:51AM

New Brunswick—lowest real GDP and employment growth rates in Canada
Livio Di Matteo
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The province is expected to run a $192 million deficit in 2017-18.

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Août 11, 2017 7:30AM

The Forgotten Middle: Public Debt in Manitoba
Livio Di Matteo
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Tucked away in the middle of the country, Manitoba has managed to keep a low profile when it comes to its fiscal situation, but it hasn’t balanced a budget since 2009.

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