The lowest interest rates since the 1960s have led governments to believe that they can run deficits and still be fiscally responsible.
federal budget
March 15, 2017
10:10AM
The Chretien Consensus includes prudent spending, balanced budgets, declining debt and competitive taxes.
March 9, 2017
3:00AM
In reality, a considerable percentage of Canadians earn capital gains.
March 2, 2017
2:56PM
The Liberals will finance almost all of the new spending with borrowed money, resulting in an expected deficit of $27.8 billion this year.
March 1, 2017
3:00AM
By 2022, the Trudeau government will have accumulated approximately $130 billion in deficits.
September 1, 2016
4:52PM
The federal government has increased spending by 7.6 per cent this year alone.
April 25, 2016
3:00AM
The recent federal budget paints a gloomy misleading picture of Canadian society.
April 6, 2016
3:00AM
The deficits to fiscal year 2020-21 will total $118.6 billion.
April 5, 2016
2:58PM
Of the $4 billion earmarked for 2016/17, only $1.6 billion will go to public transit and other municipal infrastructure.
April 1, 2016
10:41AM
The $5.4 billion projected deficit in 2015/16 is driven by higher spending—not a weak economy.