Canadians Worry Middle Class or Future Generations Will Bear Cost of Government Deficits: Poll

71 percent of respondents say deficits are concerning amid rising government spending.

People walk on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, in a file photo. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick

Nearly three-quarters of Canadians are apprehensive about surging government deficits, and many worry middle-class taxpayers or future generations will have to shoulder the responsibility for public overspending, a new survey suggests.

Seventy-one percent of respondents to a recent Leger poll say they worry that Ottawa, as well as several provinces, are exceeding their financial resource limits even as trade tensions with the U.S. and other challenges threaten Canada’s economy.