federal deficit
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Ottawa cut deficit down to $69.8B during most of last fiscal yearIn 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.EconomyApr 29
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Feds trim budget deficit to $73.7 billion from April to NovemberThe Finance Department says the result compared with a deficit of $232 billion in the same period a year earlier.EconomyJan 28
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Spending down, revenue up: Feds post $12.7B deficit for JuneThe drop in the deficit came as spending dropped compared with a year ago when Ottawa spent billions on emergency aid due to the pandemic and revenue improved.EconomyAug 27, 2021
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Canada’s deficit to hit $330B as coronavirus lands ‘permanent’ economic impactThe Parliamentary Budget Officer's report underlines need for spending to be temporary.CanadaSep 29, 2020
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More than half of Canadians think coronavirus deficit too big but split on election needVoters, including Liberals, say they want to see a plan to get back towards balanced budgets.CanadaSep 22, 2020
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Coronavirus: Federal deficit will likely hit $252B this year, budget watchdog saysThe figure is an estimate based partly on the almost $146 billion in spending measures the government has announced to help cushion the economic blow from the pandemic.CanadaApr 30, 2020
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Finance Minister Morneau won’t draw red line on how far feds willing to push deficitLatest fiscal update showed the deficit is on track to deepen by billions of dollars.CanadaDec 22, 2019
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Bill Kelly: Trying to make sense of federal budget hyperboleThe political gamesmanship that accompanies budgets is always quite interesting.BlogsNov 22, 2018
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Federal deficit stays virtually the same at $19B this yearThe federal government ran a shortfall of $19 billion in the last fiscal year, virtually unchanged from the previous year, Ottawa's annual financial report card shows.CanadaOct 19, 2018
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Canadians want pot tax revenue to fund health care, not anti-drug campaigns: surveyOttawa paid just over $161,000 to take the public's temperature on a broad range of economic issues last winter, including the taxation of legal marijuana, the deficit and feminism.May 10, 2018
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