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The Commons: Give or take a dozen billion dollars
Debating numbers big and small
The Commons: Tony Clement does his Maxime Bernier impression
Aaron Wherry makes sense of QP’s numbers
Budget projections are no longer worth worrying about
Whatever Tuesday’s economic update said , the Prime Minister says he still expects the budget to be balanced before the 2015...
A federal deficit, but a golden age for snowmobile grooming machines
Stephen Gordon reviews yesterday’s economic update. Erica Alini explains why you’re seeing different projections for this year’s...
Jim Flaherty vs. The deficit
The New Democrats and Liberals are unimpressed with the Finance Minister’s economic update. And Jim Flaherty faces the possibility...
’In the medium term’
The prepared text of Jim Flaherty’s speech in Fredericton is here . The economic update is here . With the latest "adjustment for...
How the deficit is being eliminated
The Parliamentary Budget Officer hasn’t received enough information to do a full analysis, but he says it seems like government...
It’s structural
Stephen Gordon notes that the finance department considers the federal deficit to be structural. This Sunday marks the fourth...
The Commons: ’Canadians deserve better’
These are complex issues. Perhaps at some point they will be discussed as such.