With an election on the books for June 2018, the pressure will build for new spending.
debt and deficit
March 31, 2017
10:12AM
By 2019/20, Canada’s debt-to-GDP ratio is forecasted to be 31.5 per cent.
March 29, 2017
9:11AM
Ontario’s top marginal tax rate is 53.5 per cent, among the highest rates in the developed world.
March 27, 2017
1:39PM
Under the Trudeau government, deficits continue with no end in sight, debt is growing and taxes have increased.
March 27, 2017
11:36AM
In 2017/18, Alberta program spending will be 11 per cent higher than when the government took power in 2015/16.
March 20, 2017
3:00AM
The lowest interest rates since the 1960s have led governments to believe that they can run deficits and still be fiscally responsible.
March 1, 2017
3:00AM
By 2022, the Trudeau government will have accumulated approximately $130 billion in deficits.
February 23, 2017
6:00AM
Alberta plans to increase spending this year faster than any other provincial government in Canada.
January 25, 2017
8:41AM
The total government debt-servicing costs for Ontarians in 2016/17 is a projected $21.2 billion.
January 24, 2017
9:43AM
Nous sommes souvent amenés à croire à tort que la dette publique n'a pas d'importance.