If Prime Minister Trudeau keeps his commitment to no new taxes, borrowing will finance the proposed expansion.
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The Kenney government now faces a massive $24.2 billion budget deficit.
The federal budget deficit in 2020-21 will be the largest in Canadian history.
Bill C-69 overhauled the entire environmental assessment of major projects and made the regulatory system more complex.
The province's deficit this year will be 4.6 per cent larger than the Ontario economy.
Some workers remain unemployed because the benefits are generous.
To make matters worse, Alberta recently received its third credit downgrade since December.
Evidence suggests that a 1.0 percentage point increase in spending produces a 0.75 percentage point drop in economic growth.
The estimated time to clear the backlog has been reduced from 24 months to 15 months.
The federal budget deficit has skyrocketed to 15.9 per cent of Canada's economy.
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