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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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Over the past 26 years, government-sector debt in Canada has grown to more than $2.5 trillion.


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Interest payments on household debt consume 6 per cent of disposable income compared to almost 11 per cent in 1990.


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Ontario’s top marginal tax rate is 53.5 per cent, among the highest rates in the developed world.

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Ottawa can expect to run deficits every year from now until 2051, racking up at least $900 billion in new debt.


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Provincial net debt has increased by approximately $160 billion since 2003/04.