Fiscal General : ce qu'il faut savoir

Fiscal General en Spain fait l'actualité ce jeudi. Selon nationalpost, Prime Minister Mark Carney’s federal fiscal update showed a budget shortfall of $66.9 billion, but with lots of extra spending.

Les faits

• Prime Minister Mark Carney’s federal fiscal update showed a budget shortfall of $66.9 billion, but with lots of extra spending.
• OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney’s spring fiscal update showed a smaller than projected budget shortfall of $66.9 billion for the fiscal year that just ended, thanks to a Canadian economy that performed stronger than expected and increased personal and corporate income tax revenues.
• The Liberals are aiming to recruit 80,000-100,000 new skilled trade workers by the 2030-31 fiscal year.
• The fiscal update showed that revenue projections compared to Budget 2025 have increased by an average of $7.2 billion annually over the next five years.
• The deficit in Tuesday’s fiscal update is projected to remain elevated at $65.3 billion this fiscal year before declining to $53.2 billion in 2030-2031, slightly lower than what was expected in Budget 2025.

L'essentiel

nationalpost indique que OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney’s spring fiscal update showed a smaller than projected budget shortfall of $66.9 billion for the fiscal year that just ended, thanks to a Canadian economy that performed stronger than expected and increased personal and corporate income tax revenues. D'après CBC, the Liberals are aiming to recruit 80,000-100,000 new skilled trade workers by the 2030-31 fiscal year. Comme le souligne nationalpost, the fiscal update showed that revenue projections compared to Budget 2025 have increased by an average of $7.2 billion annually over the next five years. Selon nationalpost, the deficit in Tuesday’s fiscal update is projected to remain elevated at $65.3 billion this fiscal year before declining to $53.2 billion in 2030-2031, slightly lower than what was expected in Budget 2025.

Les chiffres

nationalpost indique que Finance Canada figures peg the federal debt at $1.333 trillion last fiscal year and it is expected to rise to $1.629 trillion by the end of the decade. D'après nationalpost, the federal government is on track to meet its two fiscal anchors: balancing operating spending with revenues by 2028-2029 and maintaining a declining deficit-to-GDP ratio. “We have decided, at a time like that, that Canadians needed support with respect to affordability,” said Champagne. “Affordability is 50 per cent of it.” (nationalpost) “On this day, as the prime minister congratulates himself for putting an 11th Liberal budget on the national credit card and tells Canadians that affordability is the best it’s been a decade, let’s remember his illusions are not reality,” said Poilievre, pointing to the record-breaking visits at Canadian food banks. (nationalpost)

Ce qu'ils disent

“Today, we’re restoring fiscal discipline,” said Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne, during a press conference in Ottawa on Tuesday. “These are serious times, and Canadians expect prudent fiscal management.” (nationalpost) “The Liberal government had a big opportunity today, to actually address the everyday emergency of the crisis of the cost of living for Canadians, with concrete measures, new programs that will actually make people’s everyday lives better,” Lewis told reporters on Tuesday. “It didn’t do that.” (nationalpost) “Last year’s deficit was reduced basically because some spending was not made, in some cases about environmental issues,” said Blanchet. “Because inflation increased the government’s income and because the economy was very resilient.” (nationalpost)

Le contexte

Selon CBC, Prime Minister Mark Carney and Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne introduced their spring economic update on Tuesday, the first since the Liberals were re-elected last year under Carney's leadership. CBC indique que Government moving to ban crypto ATMs, cut CPP rates, boost funding for sports. D'après CBC, Typically the budget is tabled around this time of year with a fall fiscal update, but Carney has reversed the federal budgetary calendar since taking office. Comme le souligne CBC, as Carney hinted on Monday, Tuesday's update shows a lower-than-forecasted deficit for the fiscal year that ended last month.

Recherches associées

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À retenir

• The Liberals are aiming to recruit 80,000-100,000 new skilled trade workers by the 2030-31 fiscal year.
• The fiscal update showed that revenue projections compared to Budget 2025 have increased by an average of $7.2 billion annually over the next five years.
• The deficit in Tuesday’s fiscal update is projected to remain elevated at $65.3 billion this fiscal year before declining to $53.2 billion in 2030-2031, slightly lower than what was expected in Budget 2025.
• Recherches qui explosent : Espagne: début du procès du procureur Alvaro Garcia Ortiz, soupçonné de violation du secret judiciaire, Espagne : le procureur général de l’État condamné à une amende et une interdiction d’exercer pour violation du secret judiciaire, Faciliter l’usage du rescrit fiscal - Actu, Don déductible des impôts sans justificatif : règles, déclaration et montants.