debt and deficit

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In just six months, the government has increased its forecasted deficits by nearly 30 per cent.

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Canada’s top personal income tax rate is among the highest in the developed world.


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As the saying goes, a moving target is hard to hit. That is why repeated shifts in the federal government’s deficit and debt goals over the past six months have been so concerning.

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Personal income tax rates are being hiked across the board, between one and three percentage points depending on income.


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Manitoba’s newly-elected government faces some important fiscal challenges.


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The province has run an operating deficit in all but one year since 2008/09—even when oil prices exceeded $90 per barrel.

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The deficits to fiscal year 2020-21 will total $118.6 billion.


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By the early 1990s, a third of all federal government revenue was being used simply to pay interest on the debt.


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The $5.4 billion projected deficit in 2015/16 is driven by higher spending—not a weak economy.