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Canadians are finally going to be getting a look at the federal government’s books next week with the release of the budget on April 19. It is long overdue: it has been more than two years since the last budget and Canada is the only G7 country not to have tabled one during the pandemic despite running the largest deficit as a per cent of GDP among developed countries.
This lack of transparency has caused all sorts of concerns and speculation as to just how rough a shape our balance sheet is in. Overall, it will be great to get some clarity on the size of the deficit, government spending plans for this year and most importantly, how they are going to fund it beyond issuing bonds that the Bank of Canada is printing money to purchase.
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