Deficit

• Thames Valley school board preliminary budget predicts $5.5M deficit

  Thames Valley District School Board (TVDSB) preliminary budget predicts a potential $5.5 million deficit for the 2022-23 school season.

  Education

  May 31
  
• Ottawa cut deficit down to $69.8B during most of last fiscal year

  In its monthly fiscal monitor report, the Finance Department says the tally compared with a deficit of $282.6 billion for the same period of 2020-21.

  Economy

  Apr 29
  
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• Budget 2022 and Canada’s incredible disappearing deficits

  The annual deficit has shrunk by $275B in two years, even as the government announced new initiatives. What gives? Economist Jim Stanford looks at the red line of Budget 2022.

  Commentary

  Apr 9
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• N.B. Liberals’ official response to budget 2022 alleges ‘manipulation’ of the numbers

  The New Brunswick Liberal Party is taking aim at the budget announced by the government on Tuesday, alleging 'manipulation' of the numbers.

  Politics

  Mar 24
• Province provides mid-year financial update, says projected deficit lowered

  Manitoba's deficit for 2021-2022 could be almost half a billion dollars, coming out at an estimated $1.12-billion dollars by March 2022.

  Economy

  Dec 17, 2021
• Finance minister credits federal transfers for keeping New Brunswick in the black

  The government is now projecting a $37.7-million surplus for the 2021-2022 fiscal year instead of a budgeted deficit of $244.8 million.

  Canada

  Oct 13, 2021
• City of Winnipeg projects $16.6M deficit due to COVID-19

  The latest financial status and forecast report will be presented to the city's finance committee Oct. 15.

  Economy

  Oct 8, 2021
• N.S. projects smaller 2021-22 budget deficit, even with $80M in new spending

  The deficit for the 2021-22 fiscal year has shrunk to $445 million from the forecast of $585 million presented in the March provincial budget.

  Economy

  Sep 29, 2021
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• How Canadians learned to stop worrying and love the deficit

  Canada entered this election with the biggest deficit in history, but that deficit has not been a major flashpoint in the campaign, writes Jim Stanford.

  Commentary

  Sep 2, 2021
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• Daunting debt: What the pandemic public spending spree will mean for Canada’s post-COVID economy

  Over the course of COVID-19, Canada's deficit has grown faster than any other developed country, with the debt forecast to hit $1.6 trillion this year.

  Money

  Aug 31, 2021