Government Budget

• Accountability lacking: Nova Scotia auditor general takes aim at blown budgets

  A new report says Nova Scotia is unique among Canadian provinces when it comes to its lack of accountability for government departments that blow their budgets.

  Canada

  Dec 6, 2022
  
• COVID-19 opened ‘window of political opportunity’ to implement national childcare: Freeland

  The implementation of a childcare program would counter the drop of women in the labour force amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the finance and deputy prime minister said.

  Canada

  Apr 8, 2021
  
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• U.S. deficit grows to $779 billion — a 17 per cent increase over last year

  The U.S. government closed the 2018 fiscal year $779 billion in the red, its highest deficit in six years, according to data released on Monday by the Treasury Department.

  World

  Oct 15, 2018