Governments in Canada Are Spending and Collecting More Money Than Budgeted: Report

Governments in Canada Are Spending and Collecting More Money Than Budgeted: Report
Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland speaks during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Nov. 30, 2021. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
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Federal and provincial governments in Canada are failing to produce reliable budgets says a new report, as they routinely spend more money and collect more revenues than projected.

These are the main findings of the report titled “Trouble on the Bottom Line: Canada’s Governments Must Produce More Reliable Budgets,” which was released by the C.D. Howe Institute last month.