The federal debt-to-GDP ratio will increase to 42.4 per cent in 2023-24 then climb higher in 2024-25.

Participating hospitals have reduced wait times to well below the provincial average.

Since 2015 Canada has posted some of the weakest economic growth numbers in half a century.

Every US$1 decline in oil prices reduces government revenues by an estimated $630 million.

The top 10 per cent earned 29.1 per cent of all income but paid 35.8 per cent of the total tax burden.

Among universal health-care countries, Canada ranked 28th out of 30 for the number of physicians available per 1,000 people.

In government-run schools, union collective agreements constrain teacher salaries.

The federal government wants Canada’s military to cut $1 billion from its budget.

Last year the province's population increased by 4.6 new residents per home built.

The provincial government revised its $1.0 billion projected budget surplus to a $250.5 million projected deficit.

Governments in Quebec and the four western provinces partially fund independent schools.