Overly politicized budgets, particularly budgets seemingly assembled haphazardly, risk producing poor policies.
federal government spending
March 28, 2019
11:05AM
Between 2013 and 2017, foreign investment in Canada declined by 55.1 per cent.
March 22, 2019
1:28PM
In 2018-19, per person federal program spending (adjusted for inflation) reached $8,869.
March 20, 2019
7:53AM
Program spending is set to grow again by 1.8 per cent this year.
March 19, 2019
3:40PM
Tuesday’s budget calls for spending to reach $329.4 billion.
March 6, 2019
10:17AM
All the estimates converge to a federal deficit of more than $12 billion by 2022-23.
February 19, 2019
10:42AM
The Trudeau government spent $8,639 per person in 2018-19.
February 13, 2019
10:37AM
Per-person spending levels reached $8,639 in 2018 under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau—only $72 short of the all-time high.
January 28, 2019
11:09AM
The risks of a recession this year or next are real.