The federal government has seemingly ditched the debt-averse approach that largely prevailed in Ottawa since the mid-1980s.
debt interest
March 9, 2021
9:59AM
The province faces a projected $779 million budget deficit for 2020.
February 24, 2021
9:39AM
Ontario will spend an estimated $13 billion on government debt interest costs in 2020/21.
January 27, 2021
9:11AM
A one percentage point increase in the effective interest rate would increase Ottawa's annual debt interest costs by $13.8 billion.
November 25, 2020
9:53AM
The update projects a $21.3 billion provincial budget deficit in 2020/21.
September 3, 2020
3:21PM
Debt interest will cost Ottawa an estimated $19.5 billion this year.
August 20, 2020
4:27PM
In the 1990s, federal debt-interest costs routinely eclipsed 30 per cent of revenues.
