April 16, 2024
Budget 2024 showed a slightly worse bottom line throughout the federal government’s fiscal plan compared to previous estimates but kept...
March 27, 2024
Province anticipates $9.8 billion deficit, scrapping last year’s plan for a surplus ($200 million) in 2024-25. Return to balance has...
March 22, 2024
Newfoundland and Labrador projects a $152 million budget shortfall in 2024-25, scrapping surplus plans for the upcoming fiscal year. Revenues...
March 21, 2024
A $483 million deficit now replaces the previous billion-dollar surplus projection in 2023-24 after an unexpected surge in crop insurance...
March 20, 2024
New Brunswick projects a $41 million surplus in 2024-25—marking the seventh year it’s kept the books in the black.
March 13, 2024
Quebec expects deeper budget deficits over the next six years and delays plan to return to a balance to 2029-2030.
November 21, 2023
The federal government announces $20.8 billion in net new policy action over 6 years since Budget 2023 – 30% of which ($6.3 billion) will be allocated to housing affordability initiatives.
November 2, 2023
Ontario boosted its deficit projection from $1.3 billion to $5.6 billion this fiscal year despite expecting slightly stronger economic growth since Budget 2023.
March 28, 2023
The government is much deeper in the red—a cumulative $69 billion deeper—than its fall statement indicated, with no balanced budget in sight.
November 3, 2022
The FES at least focused much new spending on measures to encourage private investment.
April 8, 2022
As expected, updated economic developments led to a net $86 B improvement in the government’s bottom line over the forecast period, before the impact of new measures.
March 31, 2022
Finance Minister Freeland said Budget 2022 would be about boosting Canada’s long term economic growth. But her next fiscal blueprint...