Tuesday’s budget calls for spending to reach $329.4 billion.
federal government budget
February 19, 2019
10:42AM
The Trudeau government spent $8,639 per person in 2018-19.
November 14, 2018
12:00AM
The federal deficit is now about $19 billion.
November 5, 2018
11:18AM
Federal program spending will reach a projected $321.5 billion next year—up 22.2 per cent since 2015.
October 28, 2018
11:39AM
The annual deficit from a recession could increase from its current level of $19 billion to almost $50 billion.
March 1, 2018
1:27PM
In most countries with universal health care, patients share the cost of treatment—surgical or pharmaceutical.
February 26, 2018
2:17PM
The reasonable approach to balancing the budget is to find savings and reduce spending—not raise taxes.
February 23, 2018
1:00AM
November 15, 2016
3:38PM
Only a small portion of infrastructure spending will go towards building more efficient transportation corridors.
October 20, 2016
9:48AM
Over the next five years, the federal government will add at least $113 billion in new debt with no plan for a balanced budget.