According to the 2020 budget, the government will spend an estimated $12.5 billion on debt interest.
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March 15, 2021
4:05PM
By 2020/21, the provincial net debt equaled $27,010 per Ontarian.
March 11, 2021
9:44AM
Ontario's debt interest costs are expected to increase to $13.9 billion in 2022/23.
March 8, 2021
9:11AM
Every year in Canadian and U.S. grocery stores, 20,000 new products are tried out.
March 3, 2021
3:51PM
Bill C-273 calls on the federal finance minister to assess a potential guaranteed annual income in Canada.
March 2, 2021
10:50AM
According to forecasts, Ontario's net government debt will approach $463 billion in 2022/23.
February 26, 2021
10:09AM
The 2016-2019 period had the weakest economic performance of the five periods analyzed.
February 25, 2021
4:41PM
As a share of the provincial economy, Alberta's recent deficits are larger than those incurred in the early ’90s.
February 24, 2021
11:14AM
Both B.C. and Saskatchewan now carry less per-person provincial government debt than Alberta.
February 23, 2021
11:23AM
Bill C-21 allows anyone to ask the courts for a warrantless search and seizure.
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