The PBO projects a cumulative federal deficit of $85.6 billion over the next five years.
federal budget
April 27, 2018
8:50AM
Only 10.6 per cent of the nearly $100 billion in new infrastructure spending is for trade and transportation.
March 6, 2018
2:37PM
Canada’s federal net debt will climb to $831.5 billion by 2022-23.
March 2, 2018
1:38PM
If more innovation programs were all we needed to solve our innovation problems, they would have been solved a long time ago.
March 1, 2018
12:43PM
The budget proposes cumulative deficits totalling $72.8 billion over the government’s first mandate.
February 28, 2018
9:46AM
Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s budget missed an opportunity to convince investors that Canada remains a desirable place to invest.
February 27, 2018
2:02PM
The government has once again refused to set a timeline for returning to a balanced budget.
February 26, 2018
2:17PM
The reasonable approach to balancing the budget is to find savings and reduce spending—not raise taxes.
February 23, 2018
6:00AM
This $51 billion increase in spending represents total growth of 20.1 per cent in just three years.
February 23, 2018
1:00AM
