Currently, the annual interest paid on Canada’s federal debt is $26.3 billion.
federal deficits
May 7, 2018
4:14PM
The PBO projects a cumulative federal deficit of $85.6 billion over the next five years.
April 27, 2018
8:50AM
Only 10.6 per cent of the nearly $100 billion in new infrastructure spending is for trade and transportation.
February 26, 2018
2:17PM
The reasonable approach to balancing the budget is to find savings and reduce spending—not raise taxes.
February 23, 2018
1:00AM
February 1, 2018
9:08AM
Upon assuming power, the Trudeau government immediately increased budgeted federal program spending by $8.1 billion over 2015-16 to 2019-20.
November 1, 2017
9:44AM
About 40 per cent of federal revenue comes from Ontario.
October 26, 2017
8:59AM
Trudeau expected to increase per-person federal debt by 5 per cent by 2019.
August 1, 2017
12:30PM
From 2007 and 2015, Alberta contributed $188.6 billion more in taxes to Ottawa than it received in transfers or federal programs.