Under Prime Minister Trudeau, annual per-person economic growth has averaged just 0.3 per cent.
federal government spending
June 5, 2024
10:30AM
The government plans to run annual budget deficits of $20 billion or more for the next five years.
May 24, 2024
2:45AM
According to projections, the federal debt will increase by nearly 20 per cent over the next four years.
May 1, 2024
2:30AM
According to the budget, the government will spend $95 billion more in 2024-25 than it planned only three years ago.
April 16, 2024
4:07PM
According to the budget, deficits over five years will add more than $153 billion in additional federal debt.
April 16, 2024
3:01PM
In 2024/25, federal program spending will reach a projected $483.6 billion—up $16.1 billion from the previous budget’s estimates.
March 26, 2024
2:30AM
Since 2014/15, annual federal program spending has increased by $193.6 billion—or 75.5 per cent.
March 18, 2024
4:00AM
These deficits have fuelled an $867.2 billion increase in gross federal debt from 2014/15 to 2022/23.
March 6, 2024
1:33PM
Since 2015, per-person GDP in Canada has grown by only 1.9 per cent.
February 28, 2024
2:30AM
Canada’s population is expanding by more than one million per year while housing starts are stuck below 250,000.