Category: budget deficits

John Robson: What I Would Do to Fix the Budget Process if I Were Finance Minister

Commentary When I read that Canada’s next federal budget would land on March 28 I thought “Oh great, that’s all we need.” Especially since Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland supposedly “reaffirmed the government’s commitment to ‘prudent fiscal management,’” and when this administration promises to “continue” something you know it’s not happening. But striving to remain positive…


Ontario’s Projected 74-year Deficit Doesn’t Bode Well for Taxpayers: Advocacy Group

With Ontario projected to run deficits until the year 2095, and with annual payments on debt interest alone projected to surpass $180 billion by then, taxpayers in the province should sit up and take notice, says the Ontario director of a tax advocacy group. “I think people need to make their voices heard and tell…