federal government spending

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Next week’s federal budget will answer critical questions about Canada’s future

The Trudeau government has recorded the five highest levels of federal spending per person in Canadian history.


3:00AM
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Federal government should stop spending spree in next week’s budget

The government says it’s spent more than $120 billion on climate change since 2015.


4:12PM
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Federal government will likely violate fiscal anchor during economic downturns

The effects of a recession could set off a debt “doom loop” with the debt ratio spiralling upward.


2:00PM
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Large percentage of Aussies want socialism—but don’t want to pay for it

Only 39 per cent of Australians support a broad-based increase in personal income taxes.


9:35AM
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Canadians bear weight of growing government debt burden

Federal and provincial government debt has nearly doubled from $1.1 trillion in 2007/08 to $2.1 trillion in 2022/23.


8:13AM
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Premiers meet prime minister under cloud of dysfunctional federalism
Ottawa has a long history of overpromising and underdelivering on program promises.

4:00AM
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Ottawa’s ‘fiscally prudent approach’ drenched in red ink

Since 2015, the federal government has run eight consecutive deficits.