A national pharmacare program would cost an estimated $15.3 billion in 2027.
federal government budget
February 13, 2024
1:15AM
December 1, 2023
9:10AM
The top 10 per cent earned 29.1 per cent of all income but paid 35.8 per cent of the total tax burden.
October 18, 2023
2:30AM
Federal spending in 2023/24 will increase by $5.6 billion more than the government’s previous projection.
April 7, 2023
9:00AM
The budget dumps billions into the government’s bottomless climate policy money pit.
March 29, 2023
11:32AM
Federal debt is projected to rise from 42.4 per cent of GDP in 2022 to 43.5 per cent of GDP in 2023.
March 29, 2023
8:34AM
When spending is financed by large deficits, it can fuel inflation or impede economic growth.
March 28, 2023
3:33PM
The budget projects a deficit of $40.1 billion in 2023/24, which is nearly $10 billion higher than projections in November.
March 28, 2023
3:05PM
The budget speech never mentioned the word “entrepreneurship."
March 22, 2023
12:30PM
The Trudeau government has recorded the five highest levels of federal spending per person in Canadian history.