Between the early 1970s and the mid-1990s, the federal government ran a deficit every year.
federal government debt
June 15, 2020
10:41AM
Such implicit or explicit assumptions invariably lead to unintended consequences.
June 11, 2020
9:34AM
A large government debt burden can negatively affect economic growth.
May 20, 2020
2:59PM
According to forecasts, Canadian economic growth for 2020 will shrink by more than 12 per cent.
April 15, 2020
6:00AM
The federal debt going into this recession would have been $617.9 billion rather than the expected $713.2 billion.
April 15, 2020
5:30AM
The Trudeau government has run five consecutive deficits since taking office in 2015 and is expected to have accumulated approximately $84.3 billion in federal debt—$713.2 billion total—by the end of 2019-20.
March 30, 2020
1:31PM
Default risk and exchange-rate risk increase for foreign lenders as they increase their holdings of any government’s debt.
February 21, 2020
3:08PM
Provincial interest payments are projected to equal $2,675 for every man, woman and child.
February 21, 2020
2:59PM
Newfoundland and Labrador has the highest per-person total government debt among the provinces at $48,478.
February 20, 2020
10:07AM
Ottawa is expected to spend $24.4 billion on federal government debt interest costs in 2019/20.