Program spending is set to grow again by 1.8 per cent this year.
federal government debt
March 6, 2019
10:17AM
All the estimates converge to a federal deficit of more than $12 billion by 2022-23.
February 19, 2019
10:42AM
The Trudeau government spent $8,639 per person in 2018-19.
November 14, 2018
12:00AM
The federal deficit is now about $19 billion.
November 5, 2018
11:18AM
Federal program spending will reach a projected $321.5 billion next year—up 22.2 per cent since 2015.
November 1, 2018
9:39AM
According to recent estimates, the government won’t achieve a balanced budget until 2045.
October 28, 2018
11:39AM
The annual deficit from a recession could increase from its current level of $19 billion to almost $50 billion.
October 25, 2018
9:21AM
Over a ten-year period, Canada’s general government gross debt rose from 69 per cent to 87 per cent.