Since the 1970s, Canada’s spending-to-GDP ratio has always been larger than the ideal range to maximize economic growth.
federal government debt
September 23, 2020
3:02PM
Ottawa plans to create a national childcare system and introduce more “green” spending initiatives.
September 3, 2020
3:21PM
Debt interest will cost Ottawa an estimated $19.5 billion this year.
August 19, 2020
3:44PM
The federal budget deficit in 2020-21 will be the largest in Canadian history.
July 29, 2020
4:00PM
Ontario entered this recession with an already elevated government debt burden.
July 22, 2020
11:19AM
Indigenous and Northern Affairs represented the largest share of federal program spending growth.
July 10, 2020
8:59AM
Policy uncertainty is at an all-time 35-year high in Canada.
July 8, 2020
1:37PM
This year's federal budget deficit will be an estimated $343.2 billion.
July 8, 2020
11:53AM
The national debt is approaching $1 trillion.
June 30, 2020
4:13PM
Between the early 1970s and the mid-1990s, the federal government ran a deficit every year.