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Comparing four federal finance ministers in moments of crisisby Grady Munro, Milagros Palacios and Jason ClemensAccording to projections, federal debt will increase from $1.68 trillion when Freeland took over to $2.2 trillion this year. Fiscal update reveals extent of federal government mismanagementby Jake Fuss and Grady MunroThe government ran a $61.9 billion deficit last year—$21.9 billion higher than the $40 billion deficit originally projected. For the record—former finance minister did not keep Canada’s ‘fiscal powder dry’by Ben EisenThe federal government forecasts a $48.3 billion budget deficit this year. Ottawa violates its own fiscal rules in dramatic fashion(Appeared in the Toronto Sun) by Jake Fuss and Grady MunroProgram spending in 2023-24 was $24.4 billion higher than the government had outlined in last year’s update. Enough dithering—time to fix health care in Alberta(Appeared in the Edmonton Sun) by Bacchus Barua and Tegan HillSince 2022, wait times in the province have increased by 15.3 per cent. B.C. government’s fiscal update includes more deficits and massive debt accumulationby Tegan HillThe government will run a $9.4 billion budget deficit in 2024/25—$1.5 billion larger than originally projected. Want higher wages? Lower business taxes in Nova Scotia(Appeared in the Macdonald Notebook) by Ben EisenThe province's business income tax rate is 14 per cent. Quebec’s government-funded child-care system is failing familiesby Matthew LauThere are approximately 34,000 children on waiting lists for daycare spaces in the province. Canadians face massive uncertainly and turbulence in 2025(Appeared in the Ottawa Sun) by Jock FinlaysonCanadian living standards have declined amid a largely stagnant economy. Declining Canadian dollar could stifle productivity growth in Canada(Appeared in the Financial Post) by Steven Globerman and Lawrence SchembriPresident-elect Trump’s threatened trade actions against Canada could put downward pressure on the loonie. Massive growth in federal workforce contributes to Ottawa’s red ink(Appeared in iPolitics) by Ben EisenHad the government not spent this money, the federal deficit would have been 21.2 per cent smaller. Canadians face longest waits for health care on record(Appeared in the National Post) by Bacchus Barua and Mackenzie MoirThe median wait from referral by a family doctor to treatment is now 30 weeks. Hundreds of billions in Indigenous ‘contingent liabilities’ loom large over Canada(Appeared in the Hill Times) by Tom FlanaganThe federal government earmarked $76 billion in contingent liabilities, mainly for as-yet-unpaid Indigenous claims. |
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