After recording eight consecutive budget deficits, the Trudeau government plans to run at least five more.
federal spending
June 28, 2023
2:30AM
A significant portion of federal spending was mismanaged, poorly targeted, wasteful or simply excessive.
April 28, 2023
1:00PM
Canada's gross government debt is equal to 111 per cent of the country's GDP.
April 21, 2023
3:00AM
Federal program spending is expected to grow by $132.7 billion—or 41 per cent—between 2014/15 and 2023/24.
April 7, 2023
9:00AM
The budget dumps billions into the government’s bottomless climate policy money pit.
April 2, 2023
4:00AM
In just two fiscal years, Indigenous spending increased by $4 billion.
March 29, 2023
8:34AM
When spending is financed by large deficits, it can fuel inflation or impede economic growth.
March 22, 2023
3:00AM
The government says it’s spent more than $120 billion on climate change since 2015.