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The Canadian federal budget for the fiscal years of 2023–24 was presented to the House of Commons by Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland on 28 March 2023. [2] The budget was meant to reflect Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's stated policy objective to "make life more affordable for Canadians" [3] while also reducing government expenditures.
In Canada, federal budgets are presented annually by the Government of Canada to identify planned government spending and expected government revenue, and to forecast economic conditions for the upcoming year. They are usually released in February or March, before the start of the fiscal year. All the Canadian provinces also present budgets.
Canadian public debt, or general government debt, is the liabilities of the government sector. [1]: 23 Government gross debt consists of liabilities that are a financial claim that requires payment of interest and/or principal in future.
Canada recorded a slightly lower C$14.50 billion ($10.09 billion) budget deficit for the first seven months of the 2024/25 fiscal year compared to the previous year as revenues grew faster than ...
Canada's fiscal deficit for the year ended March came in at C$61.9 billion ($43.45 billion) - about 50% more than what was projected and missing one of the three key fiscal objectives Finance ...
Canada's budget deficit for the first six months of the 2024-25 fiscal year jumped by more than a half to C$13.01 billion ($9.28 billion) as program expenses and debt payment costs rose faster ...
A positive (+) number indicates that revenues exceeded expenditures (a budget surplus), while a negative (-) number indicates the reverse (a budget deficit). Normalizing the data, by dividing the budget balance by GDP, enables easy comparisons across countries and indicates whether a national government saves or borrows money.
Canada set out on Thursday C$11.3 billion ($8.2 billion) in new spending this year and next, and slashed its budget deficit forecast by nearly a third for the current fiscal year, in an economic ...