deficit spending

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Prime Minister Trudeau’s now-discarded electoral reform campaign promise was ill-conceived.


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As the prime minister tours the country, he can see how his policies are making things worse—not better.


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Deficits, among other consequences, weaken business confidence in Canada’s economy.


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Study examines how fiscal policies aimed at reducing government deficits affect the economy.


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Starting in 1995, Prime Minister Jean Chretien and Finance Minister Paul Martin reduced program spending, balanced the budget and cut taxes.


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Manitoba’s newly-elected government faces some important fiscal challenges.


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By the early 1990s, a third of all federal government revenue was being used simply to pay interest on the debt.