Up to $22.3 billion of income stabilization spending was likely wasted or poorly targeted.
federal debt
November 30, 2020
5:38PM
Per-person federal government program spending will reach an estimated $16,350 in 2020.
November 23, 2020
4:46PM
Federal net debt for 2020-21 will likely exceed $1.1 trillion.
October 23, 2020
11:45AM
The federal debt will reach nearly 70 per cent of GDP by 2050.
August 20, 2020
4:27PM
In the 1990s, federal debt-interest costs routinely eclipsed 30 per cent of revenues.
August 5, 2020
3:22PM
The federal budget deficit has skyrocketed to 15.9 per cent of Canada's economy.
July 29, 2020
4:00PM
Ontario entered this recession with an already elevated government debt burden.
July 9, 2020
12:16PM
The Trudeau government ran consistent deficits and accumulated significant debt over its first four years in office.
July 8, 2020
1:37PM
This year's federal budget deficit will be an estimated $343.2 billion.