interest payments

From 2015 to 2022, average government transfers to families with children have increased by 24.2 per cent.

Provincial and federal net debt has increased by $1.0 trillion from 2007/08 to 2023/24.

Federal debt interest will cost a projected $42.9 billion in 2026/27.

The federal government has seemingly ditched the debt-averse approach that largely prevailed in Ottawa since the mid-1980s.