federal government spending

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Two fiscal freight trains hurling toward Ottawa

The annual deficit from a recession could increase from its current level of $19 billion to almost $50 billion.


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Only 10.6 per cent of the nearly $100 billion in new infrastructure spending is for trade and transportation.


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The budget proposes cumulative deficits totalling $72.8 billion over the government’s first mandate.


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The reasonable approach to balancing the budget is to find savings and reduce spending—not raise taxes.


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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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Upon assuming power, the Trudeau government immediately increased budgeted federal program spending by $8.1 billion over 2015-16 to 2019-20.