When you make a statement like this
The federal government is reporting a healthy $5.3-billion surplus for the first half of the fiscal year. And the figure would have been a lot higher except for a $1.4-billion deficit in September.
would it not be useful to explain why there was a $1.4-billion deficit in September? Does anyone know why this was? And this kind of jumps out
…Spending was up $5 billion, or 6.1 per cent, due to both higher transfers and other program expenses.
Government spending is still growing at a faster pace than the economy. Not exactly small government but better than the ~25% a year growth under PM Martin
