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.
debt and deficit
Avril 25, 2016
12:52PM
Personal income tax rates are being hiked across the board, between one and three percentage points depending on income.
Avril 22, 2016
11:24AM
Manitoba’s newly-elected government faces some important fiscal challenges.
Avril 18, 2016
12:00PM
The province has run an operating deficit in all but one year since 2008/09—even when oil prices exceeded $90 per barrel.
Avril 6, 2016
3:00AM
The deficits to fiscal year 2020-21 will total $118.6 billion.
Avril 5, 2016
3:17PM
By the early 1990s, a third of all federal government revenue was being used simply to pay interest on the debt.
Avril 1, 2016
10:41AM
The $5.4 billion projected deficit in 2015/16 is driven by higher spending—not a weak economy.
Mars 30, 2016
11:36AM
At $29.4 billion, the projected budget deficit in 2016/17 is larger than the cumulative budget deficits projected for the entire mandate in the Liberal platform.
Mars 24, 2016
9:35AM
By 2017/18 spending will be up by $50 billion from 2014/15, representing a jump of 20 per cent.