Federal and Provincial Debt

Sep 23, 2015

In part 2 of what has now become budget week, I’m following up yesterday’s budget charts with debt charts. Once again, I’m comparing data between the federal government and provinces using data collected by the Royal Bank of Canada.

Federal and Provincial Budget Balances

Sep 22, 2015

Here’s an overview of the budget balances for the federal and provincial governments, to give some context to the federal government’s recently announced budget surplus. You can select from three options:

What is the normal length of an election campaign?

Sep 21, 2015

Here’s another thought: what constitutes an normal length election, anyways? Taking into account the time between elections and the party that called them, it isn’t clear what the trend is, if there is one at all.

This election is too damn long!

Sep 16, 2015

The 42nd election campaign still has another month to go until election day on October 19th. It feels like it’s already been going on a long time, having started on August 2nd. Compared to just about every past election campaign, this one is definitely one of the longest: