The federal budget deficit in 2020-21 will be the largest in Canadian history.
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August 19, 2020
10:35AM
More than $185 billion in net investment left the country from 2014 to 2019.
August 5, 2020
3:22PM
The federal budget deficit has skyrocketed to 15.9 per cent of Canada's economy.
August 5, 2020
9:36AM
Government decisions can also result in inefficiencies or mistakes.
July 27, 2020
9:49PM
The Trudeau government’s recent fiscal update forecasted a $343 billion deficit this year.
July 23, 2020
11:57AM
The government increased income taxes for more than 80 per cent of middle-income families.
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.
June 15, 2020
10:41AM
Such implicit or explicit assumptions invariably lead to unintended consequences.