Per-person spending last year was only $72 short of the all-time high reached during the 2009 recession.
federal government spending
November 23, 2018
11:26AM
Program spending this fiscal year will reach $320.2 billion.
November 5, 2018
11:18AM
Federal program spending will reach a projected $321.5 billion next year—up 22.2 per cent since 2015.
October 28, 2018
11:39AM
The annual deficit from a recession could increase from its current level of $19 billion to almost $50 billion.
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 14, 2018
10:22AM
The ratio of household net worth-to-GDP has risen over time.
March 6, 2018
2:37PM
Canada’s federal net debt will climb to $831.5 billion by 2022-23.
March 1, 2018
12:43PM
The budget proposes cumulative deficits totalling $72.8 billion over the government’s first mandate.
February 26, 2018
2:17PM
The reasonable approach to balancing the budget is to find savings and reduce spending—not raise taxes.