The projected federal deficit in 2022-23 is 34 per cent higher than the deficit in 2019-20.
federal spending
April 4, 2022
3:30AM
A lack of fiscal prudence left Canada vulnerable when the pandemic hit.
March 30, 2022
9:34AM
Cutting regulatory red tape and removing internal trade barriers could help boost improve economic performance.
March 28, 2022
3:56PM
Canada's productivity growth and levels of business investment have been lacklustre for decades.
March 15, 2022
5:00AM
Rules that impose mandatory fiscal discipline help produce better and more responsible fiscal outcomes.
March 11, 2022
8:18AM
Ottawa will likely have more revenue—perhaps considerably more—than forecast when the government tables the budget.
March 2, 2022
9:26AM
Federal net debt will reach a projected $1.3 trillion in 2021/22.
January 14, 2022
8:59AM
Only seven industrialized countries had higher levels of government indebtedness than Canada.
December 31, 2021
9:41AM
According to forecasts, Canada will be the worst-performing advanced economy from 2020 to 2030.