Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s expected level of per person spending this fiscal year ($8,337) is just $38 less than the all-time high.
federal government spending
March 31, 2017
10:12AM
By 2019/20, Canada’s debt-to-GDP ratio is forecasted to be 31.5 per cent.
March 27, 2017
1:39PM
Under the Trudeau government, deficits continue with no end in sight, debt is growing and taxes have increased.
March 23, 2017
8:54AM
Since the Liberals’ first forecast in 2015, expected GDP for 2017 has dropped by $62 billion or $1,700 per Canadian.
March 14, 2017
3:24PM
Total federal government spending in 2017 is estimated at $331 billion.
March 8, 2017
11:01AM
Governments in Edmonton, Toronto and Ottawa have markedly increased government spending.
March 2, 2017
2:56PM
The Liberals will finance almost all of the new spending with borrowed money, resulting in an expected deficit of $27.8 billion this year.
January 30, 2017
10:06AM
From 2000 to 2016, the federal government’s core departments and separate agencies have seen employment grow by more than 22 per cent.