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  1. Ottawa using bounty of robust growth to simply boost spending

    The recently-released 2018 federal budget calls for growth in both spending and revenues. Between 2017-18 and 2022-23, total revenues are forecast to grow from $309.6 billion to $373.9 billion—an increase of 21 per cent. After a three ...

  2. 2018 budget—another nail in the coffin of Trudeau’s balanced budget promise

    While campaigning for the 2015 election, then-candidate Justin Trudeau made a commitment to Canadians, pledging three years of modest budget deficits of no more than $10 billion, with a balanced budget by the end of his first mandate in ...

  3. Federal budget an opportunity for Ottawa to change big spending ways

    Since coming into office, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government has markedly increased spending, contributing to larger-than-promised budget deficits with no end in sight. Next week’s federal budget is an opportunity to change ...

  4. B.C. throne speech latest hint that government set to abandon fiscal prudence

    Premier John Horgan’s NDP government campaigned on balanced budgets. ...

  5. Another tough year for Alberta finances

    Another year, another deficit. The Government of Alberta has run nearly uninterrupted deficits since 2008/09, and this year is no exception. In fact, that $10.3 billion deficit the province plans to run this year is just shy of the ...

  6. Ten year-end facts Canadians need to know

    As we end 2017, here are 10 year-end facts Canadians should understand and consider as we enter 2018: • The total tax bill for the average Canadian family will exceed $35,000 in 2017, or 42.5 per cent of their income—more than what the ...

  7. Government spending—the problem in Newfoundland and Labrador

    The public finances of Newfoundland and Labrador are in a bit of a pickle after a period that saw considerable improvement as the province benefitted from the offshore oil and gas boom. In the wake of the collapse of the cod fisheries in ...

  8. New Brunswick—lowest real GDP and employment growth rates in Canada

    While Atlantic Canada faces economic challenges, the case of New Brunswick has become particularly stark. Over the past decade, New Brunswick has experienced the lowest provincial growth rates in real GDP and employment. And like the ...

  9. The Forgotten Middle: Public Debt in Manitoba

    Most public policy discussions of provincial government deficits and debt in Canada have tended to focus on the bigger provinces: namely Ontario, Quebec, Alberta and British Columbia. Manitoba often flies under the radar especially ...

  10. Wishful Thinking: An Analysis of Ontario’s Timeline for Shrinking Its Debt Burden

    Since 2007/08, Ontario’s level of public debt has approximately doubled. As a result, the provincial debt-to-GDP ratio has climbed to historically high levels in recent years. In its 2017 budget, Premier Wynne’s government presented a timeline for ...