CTV: The PBO released her latest economic forecast on Tuesday, which is projecting slower growth in the country’s real GDP forecast, and laying the blame at the feet of the U.S. tariff war on Canada. The outlook also spells trouble for the federal government’s debt, and the cost of servicing that debt, projecting a growing debt-to-GDP ratio in the coming years.
Declining deficit-to-GDP ratio is one of the federal government’s fiscal anchors. But, according to PBO Annette Ryan, the charges to service the debt is “the fastest-growing piece of government spending right now.”…