Borrowing Half Trillion More

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland by cabinet order has granted herself authority to increase federal borrowing this fiscal year to a record $517 billion. The figure is $73 billion higher than estimated for the year ending March 31: “You’re simply saying, ‘Give me a blank cheque and then trust me.'”

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