The Trudeau government forecasts a $154.7 billion budget deficit in 2021/22.
federal debt
Avril 23, 2021
9:32AM
The plan calls for $27.2 billion over the next five years to reduce daycare costs.
Avril 22, 2021
8:10AM
Federal program spending in 2021/22 is $54.4 billion higher than planned in November 2020.
Avril 19, 2021
4:25PM
The federal debt-to-GDP ratio will reach 51.2 per cent, the highest level since 1999.
Avril 14, 2021
12:08PM
At 79 per cent, Canada had the fastest growth in its debt-to-GDP ratio in the G-7.
Avril 12, 2021
12:03PM
Interest payments on the federal debt are expected to equal $20.2 billion in 2020/21.
Avril 8, 2021
7:59AM
Ottawa ran budget deficits worth a total of $94.1 billion from 2015/16 to 2019/20.
Mars 19, 2021
10:29AM
The federal government has seemingly ditched the debt-averse approach that largely prevailed in Ottawa since the mid-1980s.
Février 24, 2021
9:39AM
Ontario will spend an estimated $13 billion on government debt interest costs in 2020/21.