The national debt will hit an estimated $713.2 billion this year.
federal budget
March 6, 2020
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March 4, 2020
8:56AM
Canada's economy is expected to grow by a tepid 1.6 per cent in 2020.
February 27, 2020
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September 30, 2019
3:37PM
In 2018, federal government spending (per-person inflation-adjusted) reached its highest point in Canadian history.
August 8, 2019
3:50PM
No Opposition party has signalled it would balance the budget in the near- or medium-term.
June 10, 2019
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In 2018, per person program spending (inflation adjusted) reached $8,869, the highest point in Canadian history.
June 6, 2019
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Albertans made a net contribution of more than $20 billion in 2017/18.
April 2, 2019
10:11AM
Overly politicized budgets, particularly budgets seemingly assembled haphazardly, risk producing poor policies.
March 28, 2019
11:05AM
Between 2013 and 2017, foreign investment in Canada declined by 55.1 per cent.
March 20, 2019
7:53AM
Program spending is set to grow again by 1.8 per cent this year.