Over a two-year span, Ottawa is expected to add more than $500 billion in federal debt.
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September 14, 2021
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July 15, 2021
8:48AM
Due to federal tax changes, 61 per cent of low-income families face higher personal income taxes.
June 18, 2021
8:14AM
The Trudeau government ranks last on average total household income growth.
June 1, 2021
10:30AM
Canada has the fifth-highest level of total indebtedness (relative to the size of our economy) among 29 industrialized countries.
April 22, 2021
8:10AM
Federal program spending in 2021/22 is $54.4 billion higher than planned in November 2020.
April 19, 2021
7:25PM
The government says $101 billion in stimulus spending is required for “sustained economic recovery.”
April 12, 2021
12:03PM
Interest payments on the federal debt are expected to equal $20.2 billion in 2020/21.
March 19, 2021
10:29AM
The federal government has seemingly ditched the debt-averse approach that largely prevailed in Ottawa since the mid-1980s.
February 24, 2021
9:39AM
Ontario will spend an estimated $13 billion on government debt interest costs in 2020/21.