Federal Government Posts $9.8-Billion Deficit for April-to-August Period

The Peace Tower is framed through the iron railing on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Oct. 24, 2024. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick

The federal government’s deficit was $9.8 billion for the April-to-August period.

The Finance Department’s latest fiscal monitor says the result compared with a deficit of $4.3 billion during the same period a year earlier.