COMMENTARY: Budget 2022 and Canada’s incredible disappearing deficits - Global News


4/9/2022 12:00:00 AM3 yearsago
by Special to Global News

The annual deficit has shrunk by $275B in two years, even as the government announced new initiatives. What gives? Economist Jim Stanford looks at the red line of Budget 2022.

Before wed ever heard of COVID, there was a time when the first question asked of any Finance Minister delivering their budget was always: Is it balanced? Those days are long gone, and the pandemic i… [+5229 chars]

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